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H.R. 3278 · 119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement

Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act has not moved since its introduction on May 8, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties

Sponsored by Fallon, Pat R-TX · 3 cosponsors: 1 Democrat, 2 Republicans
IntroducedMay 8, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
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What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 120 words.

Protecting Critical Infrastructure Act This bill increases federal criminal penalties for computer fraud and abuse offenses that involve critical infrastructure. The term critical infrastructure means systems and assets, physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health and safety, or any combination of those matters. Specifically, the bill imposes a fine, a mandatory minimum prison term of 30 years, or both for a computer fraud or abuse offense that involves critical infrastructure. Additionally, the bill directs the President to impose asset- and visa-blocking sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that access or attempt to access critical infrastructure.

Context
Committees
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement: 118 of 4,553 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.6%)
Sponsor
0 of 55 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
1: introduced in house · 1,074 words
Latest action
May 8, 2025: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0

The bill status record lists no related bills.

Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]