All Roll Calls
Yes: 404 • No: 14
117-s-2520117th Congress
State and Local Government Cybersecurity Act of 2021
Sponsored By: Senator Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Became Law
Summary
Stronger federal coordination for state, local, Tribal, and territorial cybersecurity. This law creates a new framework directing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to coordinate training, exercises, real-time threat sharing, incident alerts, vulnerability disclosure help, and technical assistance for those governments and for election officials.
Show full summary
- State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments gain operational and technical training, exercises, and help implementing cybersecurity tools and controls. CISA can work with the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center and may provide assistance with or without reimbursement.
- Senior election officials are explicitly included in coordination and can receive targeted support to secure election systems, including real-time sharing of actionable indicators and joint exercises to improve preparedness.
- Local residents and communities get more timely, specific incident and malware notifications when threats affect their jurisdictions, and governments will receive periodically updated resources and best practices via an accessible platform.
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Cyber help covers governments and election partners
The law defines who can get this cyber help. It covers state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and their subdivisions. It also covers organizations that work with election officials.
Cyber help for state, local, Tribal, territorial governments
The federal cybersecurity center gives hands-on, timely help to state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments. It runs exercises, shares real-time threat alerts, and sends incident and malware notices. It provides training and tools, and helps put fixes in place, including for election systems. Help is given on request, as resources allow, and may be coordinated with partners like the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center. Some services may be provided with or without reimbursement.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
MI • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
OH • R
Sponsored 8/4/2021
Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
NV • D
Sponsored 8/9/2021
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 5/17/2022
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Yes: 404 • No: 14