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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