Security News > 2021 > July > House Passes Several Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Bills
The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed several cybersecurity bills, including ones related to critical infrastructure, industrial control systems, and grants for state and local governments.
One of the bills focusing on critical infrastructure is the Cybersecurity Vulnerability Remediation Act, which aims to authorize the DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to assist owners and operators of critical infrastructure with mitigation strategies against serious vulnerabilities.
The House this week also passed the CISA Cyber Exercise Act, which establishes a program within CISA with the goal of promoting regular testing and assessments of preparedness and resilience to cyberattacks aimed at critical infrastructure.
Another bill is the DHS Industrial Control Systems Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2021, which requires CISA to improve its ability to identify and address threats to ICS, particularly systems used in critical infrastructure.
Another bill passed on to the Senate this week is the Domains Critical to Homeland Security Act, which authorizes the DHS to identify supply chain risks to domains that are critical to economic security.
"The bill defines United States critical domains for economic security as the critical infrastructure and other associated industries, technologies, and intellectual property, or any combination thereof, that are essential to U.S. economic security," a summary of the bill explains.