Federal government will protect drug and biotech plants from hacks.
H.R. 10569 — Protecting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing as Critical Infrastructure Act · Filed by Ro Khanna (D-CA) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells CISA to treat biotech and drug plants as critical. CISA must find all the groups involved and work with them. CISA must make a plan to protect these plants. CISA must report at 45 days, one year, and two years.
Who it affects
Biotech and drug-making plants will get federal protection from hacks. People who use medicines and vaccines will be safer. Groups that share information with the plants will help CISA.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how much money CISA needs. It does not say how many new workers CISA must hire.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 1 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Sep 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 24, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Homeland Security · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- critical — So important that damage to it harms the whole country.
- hacks — Attacks on computers and computer networks by bad actors.
- CISA — The federal agency that protects computer systems from attack.
- biotech — Plants that make medicines and vaccines from living cells.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (4,505 characters) on Sep 28, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-10-20.
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