House Panel Advances 10-Year Cybersecurity Reauthorizations as Month-End Deadline Nears

Overview

• Lawmakers voted 25-0 to advance the WIMWIG Act, which would reauthorize the 2015 cyber threat information‑sharing law for a decade with updates that reference AI and modernize definitions.
• The committee approved the PILLAR Act 22-1 to extend the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program for 10 years after roughly $1 billion in awards since 2022.
• PILLAR sets funding priorities that steer 60% to eligible state, local and tribal governments, or 70% for joint applicants, with outreach to smaller communities and emphasis on IT and operational technology defenses.
• Security leaders and industry groups warned that letting the information‑sharing authority lapse at the end of the month could disrupt threat‑intel exchange and weaken collective defense.
• Negotiations now turn to the Senate, where some Republicans, including Sen. Rand Paul, want anti‑censorship language that is not in the House bill; the committee also advanced measures on generative‑AI terrorism risk assessments and TSA pipeline‑security authorities.