Review – S 2354 Introduced – FY 2026 CJS Spending

Back in July Sen Moran (R,KS) introduced S 2354, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Act, 2026. The Senate Appropriations Committee published their Report on the bill. The bill includes two cybersecurity mentions. The Report includes a significant number of cybersecurity mentions and earmarks, as well as one UAS discussion.

This bill is similar to S 4795, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025, that was reported in the Senate on July 25^th, 2025. No further action was taken on that bill in the 118^th Congress, or on its House counterpart HR 9026.

Moving Forward

The plan in the House currently appears to be to add the language of S 2354 to the substitute language for the consideration of HR 4016, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026. The Senate has not yet held their first cloture vote that would allow actual debate to begin on the bill. This probably signifies that there is still some backroom dealing going on to determine the broad outline of what will end up in the Senate version of the bill. Then further dealing with determine what further amendments will be considered on the floor.

Right now, SA 3951 from Sen Collins (Chair of the Appropriations Committee) is the current candidate for the substitute language to be considered, and it includes the language from S 2354. But a lot can happen in the short legislative month of December.

 

For more information on the cyber and UAS provisions of this bill, including cyber earmarks, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/s-2354-introduced-fy-2026-cjs-spending - subscription required.