	Cybersecurity Legislation and Hearings in the 116th and 115th Congresses

This report provides links to cybersecurity-related bills with some type of committee, floor, or chamber action (i.e., action subsequent to introduction). Table 2 lists Senate bills in the 116th Congress. 115th Congress: Legislative Action

Thirty-one bills received committee consideration or passed one or both chambers in the 115 th Congress. Five bills became public laws: 
On September 28, 2018, the Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act was signed into law ( P.L. Hearings in the 115th Congress

 Table 9 lists House hearings arranged by date in reverse chronological order , and Table 10 lists House hearings arranged by committee.
Most major cybersecurity legislative provisions were enacted prior to 2002, despite many recommendations having been made over the past decade. More recently, in the 115th and 116th Congresses, cybersecurity legislation has received either committee or floor action or final passage, and both chambers have held multiple hearings.
In the 116th Congress, a number of House and Senate bills have received consideration, and hearings have been held by committees in each chamber.
In the 115th Congress, 31 bills received some type of action (committee consideration or passage by one or both chambers). Five bills became public law. The House held 54 hearings on cybersecurity issues and the Senate held 40 hearings.