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Jul 21, 2025
Policy Area:
Emergency Management
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Jul 22, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Type: Committee
| Source: House committee actions
| Code: H11000
Jul 22, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Type: IntroReferral
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| Code: H11100
Jul 21, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H11100
Jul 21, 2025
Introduced in House
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Jul 21, 2025
Introduced in House
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Jul 21, 2025
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Emergency Management
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Jul 21, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 13, 2025 6:34 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4579 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4579
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the
mitigation of cybersecurity risks by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 21, 2025
Mr. Thompson of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the
mitigation of cybersecurity risks by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4579 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4579
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the
mitigation of cybersecurity risks by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 21, 2025
Mr. Thompson of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the
mitigation of cybersecurity risks by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``FEMA Cybersecurity Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2.
(a) In General.--Subsection
(a) of
section 523 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321l) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph
(1) , by striking ``as
of the day before the date of the enactment of this section,'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs
(3) through
(8) as
paragraphs
(4) through
(9) , respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph
(2) the following new
paragraph:
``
(3) mitigating cybersecurity risks (as such term is
defined in
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph
(1) , by striking ``as
of the day before the date of the enactment of this section,'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs
(3) through
(8) as
paragraphs
(4) through
(9) , respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph
(2) the following new
paragraph:
``
(3) mitigating cybersecurity risks (as such term is
defined in
section 2200) that could impede Agency
operations;''.
operations;''.
(b) Plan for FEMA Cybersecurity.--Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, in consultation with the Director of the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, shall submit to the
Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on
the progress of Agency efforts to mitigate cybersecurity risks within
the Agency in accordance with paragraph
(3) of
(b) Plan for FEMA Cybersecurity.--Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, in consultation with the Director of the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, shall submit to the
Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on
the progress of Agency efforts to mitigate cybersecurity risks within
the Agency in accordance with paragraph
(3) of
section 523
(a) of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by subsection
(a) .
(a) of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by subsection
(a) .
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