HR 2659
Passed a chamber
Establishes a joint task force led by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI to counter China-linked state-sponsored hackers targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, and requires recurring reports on the threat.
Official title: Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
07-APR-2025
Referred
07-APR-2025
Approved by committee
09-APR-2025
Reported
15-AUG-2025
On the calendar
15-AUG-2025
Passed
17-NOV-2025
Senate
Received
18-NOV-2025
- Requires the Department of Homeland Security, through CISA, to set up the task force within 120 days of enactment, with CISA as chair and the FBI as vice chair.
- Directs the task force to assess risks from China-linked hackers such as Volt Typhoon, including possible disruption of rail, aviation, ports, and other infrastructure during a crisis with China.
- Requires an initial report within 540 days of the task force's creation, then annual reports for five years, each followed by a classified briefing and a public unclassified summary.
- Terminates the task force 60 days after its final briefing.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (15-AUG-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 17-NOV-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Homeland Security Committee (House)
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)
Science, Technology, Communications
■ 4 R
4 Republicans