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Cybersecurity Logging Enforcement and Accountability Reporting Act

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to produce a report that identifies gaps in resources, guidance, and policies to satisfy all event logging requirements for cybersecurity incidents at the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jun 25, 2026

Latest action (Jul 7, 2026) Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.

Referred to
Homeland Security Committee Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Technology & Privacy

Summary
  • Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report within 180 days analyzing the Department's compliance with event logging requirements for cybersecurity incidents under Executive Order 14028, OMB M-26-14, and NIST Special Publication 800-53.
  • The report must identify gaps in guidance, policies, and resources that prevent the Department from satisfying event logging requirements and provide recommendations for addressing these gaps.
  • Requires the report to be submitted in unclassified form with an unclassified executive summary that will be published on the Department of Homeland Security's public website.
  • Requires the Secretary to provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees within 30 days of report submission on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Actions (3)
  1. Jul 7, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection. · house
  2. Jun 25, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. · house
  3. Jun 25, 2026 Introduced in House

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 25, 2026

Mr. Walkinshaw (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to produce a report that identifies gaps in resources, guidance, and policies to satisfy all event logging requirements for cybersecurity incidents at the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Cybersecurity Logging Enforcement and Accountability Reporting Act”.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON GAPS IN RESOURCES, GUIDANCE, AND POLICIES ON EVENT LOGGING OF CYBERSECURITY INCIDENTS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

(a) Report.—

(1) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the Department’s efforts to satisfy all requirements under Executive Order 14028, the Office of Management and Budget Memorandum (OMB) M-26-14, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-53 for event logging of cybersecurity incidents.

(2) Elements.—The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:

(A) An analysis of the Department of Homeland Security’s current implementation status of the requirements for event logging of cybersecurity incidents.

(B) An identification of any gaps in guidance that prevent the Department from satisfying such requirements.

(C) An identification of any policies that prevent the Department from satisfying such requirements.

(D) An identification of any gaps in resources that prevent the Department from satisfying such requirements.

(E) Recommendations for policies, guidance, or resources, as the case may be, that would support the Department in satisfying such requirements.

(3) Form.—The report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, and shall include an unclassified executive summary.

(4) Publication.—The unclassified executive summary of the report required under paragraph (1) shall be published on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Homeland Security.

(b) Briefing.—Not later than 30 days after the submission of the report under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations contained in such report.

(c) Definition.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(1) the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and

(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. <all>

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