ANCHOR Act
Research Fleet Cybersecurity and Communications Upgrade Plan
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Congress directs the National Science Foundation to deliver a plan within 1 year to improve cybersecurity and internet/telecom on U.S. university-run research ships.
- The plan must size up what the ships need for real missions, like sending research data to shore, telemedicine in emergencies, and letting experts watch or help remotely.
- It must also review cyber risks and protections, with input from the national cyber agency and the federal standards agency, including how to handle sensitive government info.
- The plan has to estimate costs for gear and people (like satellite equipment, onboard computing, software, training, and support) and how long upgrades could take under different funding levels.
- It must lay out how funding could be shared among federal science and naval research programs, universities/labs that own ships, and the ships’ users, and consider shared solutions to cut costs.
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Milestones
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7007-7009; text: CR S7008-7009)
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
ANCHOR Act
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