Cybersecurity Logging Enforcement and Accountability Reporting Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9492 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9492

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to produce a report that
  identifies gaps in resources, guidance, and policies to satisfy all
     event logging requirements for cybersecurity incidents at the
        Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2026

  Mr. Walkinshaw (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to produce a report that
  identifies gaps in resources, guidance, and policies to satisfy all
     event logging requirements for cybersecurity incidents at the
        Department of Homeland Security, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cybersecurity Logging Enforcement
and Accountability Reporting Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON GAPS IN RESOURCES, GUIDANCE, AND POLICIES ON EVENT
              LOGGING OF CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
              HOMELAND SECURITY.

    (a) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
        acting through the Under Secretary for Management of the
        Department of Homeland Security, shall submit to the
        appropriate congressional committees a report on the
        Department's efforts to satisfy all requirements under
        Executive Order 14028, the Office of Management and Budget
        Memorandum (OMB) M-26-14, and the National Institute of
        Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-53 for
        event logging of cybersecurity incidents.
            (2) Elements.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include
        the following:
                    (A) An analysis of the Department of Homeland
                Security's current implementation status of the
                requirements for event logging of cybersecurity
                incidents.
                    (B) An identification of any gaps in guidance that
                prevent the Department from satisfying such
                requirements.
                    (C) An identification of any policies that prevent
                the Department from satisfying such requirements.
                    (D) An identification of any gaps in resources that
                prevent the Department from satisfying such
                requirements.
                    (E) Recommendations for policies, guidance, or
                resources, as the case may be, that would support the
                Department in satisfying such requirements.
            (3) Form.--The report under paragraph (1) shall be
        submitted in unclassified form, and shall include an
        unclassified executive summary.
            (4) Publication.--The unclassified executive summary of the
        report required under paragraph (1) shall be published on a
        publicly accessible website of the Department of Homeland
        Security.
    (b) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the submission of the
report under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the
findings, conclusions, and recommendations contained in such report.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
        Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
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