HR 9769 Passed in House – Chinese Cyber Threats

Today the House took up HR 9769, the Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act, under the suspension of the rules process. After seven minutes of debate, the House passed the bill by a voice vote. The bill would require CISA to establish an interagency task force to “detect, analyze, and respond to the cybersecurity threat posed by State-sponsored cyber actors, including Volt Typhoon, of the People’s Republic of China”. The task force would submit annual classified reports to Congress. No new funding is authorized by this legislation.

The bill now proceeds to the Senate. With the short amount of time left in the session, the only way that this bill will be considered would be under the Senate's unanimous consent process, but a single voice could cut short that consideration.