Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act
Sponsored By: Senator Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced
Summary
Creates a joint interagency task force to counter PRC state-sponsored cyber threats to U.S. critical infrastructure. It would focus on the actor known as Volt Typhoon and require classified assessments plus unclassified public summaries.
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- Federal agencies and law enforcement would appoint cybersecurity and threat-intelligence experts to a CISA-chaired task force with the FBI as vice chair to detect, analyze, and respond to PRC threats.
- Owners and operators of critical infrastructure and Sector Risk Management Agencies would receive sector-specific risk findings, mitigation recommendations, and a one-time awareness plan. The task force would deliver an initial report within 540 days and annual reports for 5 years, each with classified analyses and an unclassified executive summary posted publicly.
- Congress would get classified briefings within 30 days after each report and the public would see the unclassified summaries on a Department of Homeland Security website. The task force would be time-limited and exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act to streamline coordination.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
New federal cyber task force
If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the CISA Director, to create a joint interagency task force within 120 days. The CISA Director would chair and the FBI Director would be vice-chair. The task force would collect needed agency information, may handle classified material only with cleared members, and would be exempt from the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Paperwork Reduction Act. The task force would deliver a classified initial report 540 days after it starts and then yearly classified reports for five years, each with an unclassified executive summary posted on a DHS website and a classified congressional briefing within 30 days.
Task force ends after reports
If enacted, the bill would end the task force 60 days after the final required classified briefing to Congress. That final briefing follows the report and briefing schedule the task force must meet. Because the end date is tied to that sequence rather than a fixed calendar date, the task force's authorities and coordination role would stop after that termination date.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Scott, Rick [R-FL]
FL • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
PA • D
Sponsored 6/9/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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