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Protecting Information by Local Leaders for Agency Resilience Act PILLAR Act

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To President
  5. Became Law

Overview

This bill reauthorizes federal cybersecurity grants to help states and local agencies protect their digital infrastructure from cyberattacks. While not education-focused, it could indirectly affect schools by improving their cybersecurity defenses and data protection.

Why it matters: Schools handle sensitive student records and parental information; stronger cybersecurity protections could better safeguard family data and reduce risks of breaches that expose personal information, though the bill's primary purpose is broader infrastructure resilience.

Topic: Other · classifier confidence 25%

What this changes

Amends existing law

Law today: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) under the Department of Homeland Security currently operates a State and local cybersecurity grant program authorized under the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

If passed: This bill reauthorizes (renews and extends) the CISA cybersecurity grant program, which provides federal funding to state and local governments to strengthen their digital security infrastructure and resilience against cyberattacks.

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Likely supporters & opponents

Likely support

  • State and local government officials — Federal cybersecurity grants help cities and counties protect critical infrastructure, government services, and taxpayer data from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.
  • Cybersecurity and infrastructure protection advocates — Strengthening local digital defenses reduces vulnerability to ransomware, data breaches, and attacks that could disrupt emergency services and essential public functions.

Likely opposition

No clear opposition identified.

AI-inferred typical positions based on the bill’s substance — general stakeholder categories, not confirmed endorsements.

Should I support this?

Little direct impact

This bill concerns federal cybersecurity infrastructure funding and does not directly implicate religious freedom, parental rights, homeschooling, education authority, or life issues that would affect Christian families' ability to practice their faith or raise their children according to their values. It is a technical authorization of government IT security spending.

An AI assessment from a Christian-family perspective — religious freedom, parental rights, and freedom in education — not legal or voting advice.

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Official summary

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize the State and local cybersecurity grant program of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

  • Andrew Ogles (R)
  • Andrew Garbarino (R)
  • Eric Swalwell (D)
  • Gabe Evans (R)
  • Eugene Vindman (D)

Status timeline

  1. 2025-11-18Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.S
  2. 2025-11-17Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.H
  3. 2025-11-17On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4685-4687)H
  4. 2025-11-17DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5078.H
  5. 2025-11-17Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4685-4688)H
  6. 2025-11-17Mr. Garbarino moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.H
  7. 2025-11-12Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328.H
  8. 2025-11-12Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-377.H
  9. 2025-09-03Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 1.H
  10. 2025-09-03Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldH
  11. 2025-09-03Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection DischargedH
  12. 2025-09-02Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.H
  13. 2025-09-02Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.H
  14. 2025-09-02Introduced in HouseH

H = House · S = Senate · A = Assembly