Yesterday, the House took up HR 8880, the Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act of 2026, under the suspension of the rules process. After just 11 minutes of debate, the bill was passed by a voice vote.
The bill would require the GAO to conduct a study of current Federal cybersecurity initiatives, programs, resources, tools, and services intended to assist owners of small business concerns. No new funding is authorized by this legislation.
As this legislation moves to the Senate, it will almost certainly not be considered under regular order; the bill is not politically important enough for that time consuming process. The lack of opposition in the House may mean that it could pass in the Senate under their unanimous consent process. A more likely possibility is that the language could be added to another, more politically important, bill, either in committee consideration or as part of the floor consideration process.
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