Review - HR 5078 Introduced – PILLAR Act

Last month Rep Ogles (R,TN) introduced HR 5078, the Protecting Information by Local Leaders for Agency Resilience (PILLAR) Act. The bill would reauthorize CISA’s State and local cybersecurity grant program through 2035 (the program terminated on September 30^th, 2025), including updating 6 USC 665g. Changes include clarifying that the grant program could be used to support operational technology, as well as information systems. There is no specific funding provided in this reauthorization, instead the funding would be “subject to the availability of appropriations”.

Markup Hearing

On September 9^th, 2025, the House Homeland Security Committee held a business meeting that considered seven bills, including HR 5078. The bill was ordered reported favorably by a strongly bipartisan vote of 21 to 1. The Committee Report has not yet been published.

Moving Forward

The bipartisan support in Committee almost guarantees that the bill will be considered in the full House under the suspension of the rules process. While this process restricts debate, prohibits floor amendments, and requires a supermajority for passage, it also increases the chance that the bill will be considered; more bills are considered under the suspension process than are considered under regular order.

 

For more information about the provisions of this bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-5078-introduced-pillar-act - subscription required.