Inside Cybersecurity

November 17, 2025

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House to vote on revised bill reauthorizing state and local cyber grant program

By Jaden Beard / November 17, 2025

The House is scheduled to vote this week on a closely watched bill to reauthorize a popular state and local cyber grant program run by CISA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, with a substitute amendment shortening the length of the program to 2033.

The Protecting Information by Local Leaders for Agency Resiliency Act, or the PILLAR Act, was passed on Sept. 3 in a 21-1 vote out of the House Homeland Security Committee. The House could vote...


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