The record

LegislationLegislation· Nov 2025
HR 2659 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Andrew Ogles (R)

Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act

Creates an interagency task force to track Chinese state-sponsored cyber threats to US critical infrastructure.

Tradeoff

Establishes a federal task force to detect and respond to Chinese cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. Requires agencies to share classified threat analysis and intelligence with task force members who hold appropriate security clearances.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs $5 million over 2025-2030 for task force operations and reporting, subject to .

The $5 million is the federal cost to staff and operate an interagency task force that will coordinate cyber threat detection and response — the policy's real impact is on critical infrastructure operators who will implement the recommended defenses.

H.R. 2659, Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act · May 2025

The House passed this 402-8 on November 17, 2025. The bill is now in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Apr 7, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Homeland Security(Apr 7, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Homeland Security voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Apr 9, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-230.

  4. House

    On Motion to and Pass

    Passed(Roll #287 · Nov 17, 2025)

    402 yeanay 8

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Nov 18, 2025)

Passage votes so far· Nov 17, 2025· 119th Congress · 2025–2027