DHS must report on cybersecurity logging gaps within 180 days.
H.R. 9492 — Cybersecurity Logging Enforcement and Accountability Reporting Act · Filed by James Walkinshaw (D-VA) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 25, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells DHS to check if it follows federal cybersecurity logging rules. DHS must write a report in 180 days. The report must say what gaps exist and what is needed. The report must have a public summary. DHS must brief Congress 30 days after that.
Who it affects
The bill affects DHS and Congress. It also affects the public, who can read the gaps in government cybersecurity.
One thing to notice
The bill requires DHS to report gaps and make recommendations, but does not require DHS to fix them.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.
- Jun 25, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 25, 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.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $720,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 45 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
James Walkinshaw, who sponsored the bill, received $953,318 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Information Technology Industry Council — $720,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- cybersecurity logging — Recording and tracking computer activity to find and stop attacks.
- gaps — Missing pieces or areas where rules are not being followed.
- public summary — A short version of the report that anyone can read.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 8, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 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.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 17, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-23.
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