# 119-hr-8710: National Defense Data Resilience Act

119-hr-8710, National Defense Data Resilience Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8710
- Congress: 119
- Title: National Defense Data Resilience Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Data recovery for national defense** would require the Secretary of Defense to classify Department of Defense data into three tiers and set mandatory, risk-based recovery time objectives for each tier. The bill would also require fielding auditable recovery capabilities, adopting approved technology standards, and sending an unclassified strategy and regular certification reports to Congress to improve resilience against nation-state and other cyber threats. - DoD components: Would have to sort data into critical, important, and necessary categories and meet recovery time targets. Critical data must have recovery objectives within 180 days and important or necessary data within 270 days. - Cyber teams and suppliers: Would need to deploy immutable backups, logically separated copies, continuous monitoring, annual recovery exercises simulating nation-state attacks, and use only technologies listed in a DoD-certified inventory. - Congress and oversight: Would receive a data recovery strategy within 90 days and auditable recovery certification reports annually and one year after enactment to track compliance and capability.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7] (R-GA), 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- DoD data recovery and resilience: benefit, high. This bill would require the Secretary of Defense to label all DoD data as critical, important, or necessary. It would set recovery time objectives (RTOs) for critical data within 180 days and for important and necessary data within 270 days. The bill would require immutable, isolated backups, conti…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7613: ALERT Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8710 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8710)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4317: PBM Reform Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4317)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7613: ALERT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7613)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8710 (as of 2026-09-21).