U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10915: Common-Sense Cloud Security Act
Status: In committee, October 26, 2026
To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop new standards, methodologies, and recommendations with respect to the cybersecurity of cloud-based infrastructure, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop new standards, methodologies, and recommendations with respect to the cybersecurity of cloud-based infrastructure, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, October 26, 2026:
A BILL To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop new standards, methodologies, and recommendations with respect to the cybersecurity of cloud-based infrastructure, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Common-Sense Cloud Security Act . SECTION 2. National Institute of Standards and Technology special publication on the cybersecurity of cloud-based infrastructure (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (in this section referred to as the Director ) shall solicit through the Federal Register public comment on the following: (1) The existing standards, methodologies, and recommendations of the Institute with respect to the cybersecurity of cloud-based infrastructure. (2) Developing new standards, methodologies, and recommendations of the Institute with respect to such cybersecurity, that include the following: (A) Standards for managing and securing the digital identities utilized with respect to such infrastructure, including standards to link logins and other access credentials for an account, which may be an agentic account, to a device. (B) Standards for a system through which cloud service providers are able to monitor and address security alerts and unauthorized or malicious activity. (C) Recommendations regarding the following: (i) Addressing the prevention, detection, and mitigation …
Sponsors
- Richard McCormick (R, HD-GA-6) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications
Common questions
- What is HB10915?
- HB10915 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Common-Sense Cloud Security Act.
- What does HB10915 do?
- In its own words: To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop new standards, methodologies, and recommendations with respect to the cybersecurity of cloud-based infrastructure, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10915?
- In committee as of October 26, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. (October 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10915?
- Richard McCormick (R, HD-GA-6).
- Where is the official record for HB10915?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10915
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