H.R. 5078 119th Congress House

PILLAR Act

Official title: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reauthorize the State and local cybersecurity grant program of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen… Show full official titleShow less

Introduced: September 2, 2025 Introduced by: Andrew Ogles Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov

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Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps

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Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Nov 18, 2025

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Nov 17, 2025

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4685-4687)

Nov 17, 2025

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Nov 17, 2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4685-4687)

Nov 17, 2025

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5078.

Nov 17, 2025

Mr. Garbarino moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Nov 17, 2025

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4685-4688)

Nov 12, 2025

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328.

Nov 12, 2025

Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 119-377.

Sep 3, 2025

Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 1.

Sep 3, 2025

Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Discharged

Sep 3, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Sep 2, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Sep 2, 2025

Introduced in House

Sep 2, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Information by Local Leaders for Agency Resilience Act or the PILLAR Act

This bill extends the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program through FY2035, expands the scope of the program, and imposes certain limits on the use of grant funds. (The program provides grants to states and Indian tribes to address cybersecurity risks to government information systems.)

The bill expands the scope of systems that may be secured using grant funds to include operational technology systems and specifies that systems using artificial intelligence are included. Such systems must be maintained, owned, or operated by or on behalf of state, local, or tribal governments.

The bill also specifies that grant funds may not be used to purchase software, hardware, or related products or services that do not align with relevant guidance provided by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

Further, the bill increases the federal share of costs available to entities that implement or enable multifactor authentication and identity and access management tools for critical infrastructure by a specified date.

The bill requires annual reports by grant recipients to include a description of recipients’ progress in assuming the cost of continuing cybersecurity programs after grant funds are fully expended.

The Government Accountability Office must periodically review the program. This effort must include a review of artificial intelligence adoption across a sample of grants.

Finally, CISA must implement an outreach plan to inform local governments, including governments in rural areas or areas with small populations, about CISA’s no-cost cybersecurity offerings.

Hearings & markups 1

H.R. 1736, (Mr. Pfluger) the “Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act”; H.R. 2212, (Mr. Mackenzie) the “DHS Intelli…
Markup Sep 3, 2025 · 10:00 AM EDT · Homeland Security Committee

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Homeland Security Committee
Homeland Security Committee
House of Representatives
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 56

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC
for CISCO SYSTEMS INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
HILL EAST GROUP, LLC
for SENTINELONE, INC. · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.
for TENABLE, INC. · Maryland · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
TIBER CREEK GROUP
for INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
TIBER CREEK GROUP
for ENTERGY SERVICES LLC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
TIBER CREEK GROUP
for MICROSOFT CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
56 filings
SENATE
56 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
23 filings
Natl Security Council (NSC)
22 filings
White House Office
22 filings
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
20 filings
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
18 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
18 filings

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Cosponsors 4