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• 2026-10-05: Introduced in House
• 2026-10-05: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

• 2026-10-06 Introduced: Official bill text

Observed 2026-10-12T09:21:56.530473+00:00.

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119TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 10742
To direct the Secretary of Defense to report on lessons the United States
Armed Forces may learn from defense innovations in the Russia-Ukraine
War, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 5, 2026
Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself and Mr. V INDMAN) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Defense to report on lessons
the United States Armed Forces may learn from defense
innovations in the Russia-Ukraine War, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Learning Effective 4
Strategies and Systems Optimization for National Secu-5
rity from Ukraine Act’’ or the ‘‘LESSONS from Ukraine 6
Act’’. 7
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON DEFENSE INNOVATION LESSONS FROM 1
RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR. 2
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 3
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 4
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 5
a report on lessons the United States Armed Forces may 6
learn from defense innovations in the Russia-Ukraine 7
War. 8
(b) E LEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 9
shall include the following: 10
(1) A description of innovations in unmanned 11
aircraft systems, unmanned underwater vehicles, un-12
manned ground vehicles, and unmanned surface ve-13
hicles arising from the war specified in such sub-14
section, including— 15
(A) defensive and offensive tactics involv-16
ing such aircraft and vehicles; 17
(B) the collection of intelligence in oper-18
ational settings using such aircraft and vehicles; 19
(C) logistics coordination for the operation 20
and maintenance of such aircraft and vehicles; 21
and 22
(D) training for members of the Armed 23
Forces relating to such aircraft and vehicles. 24
(2) A description of innovations in electronic 25
warfare, capabilities to counter unmanned aircraft 26
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systems, and air defense arising from such war, in-1
cluding implications for jamming, spoofing, and 2
layering air defense to counter unmanned aircraft 3
swarms. 4
(3) A description of the role of cyber warfare, 5
including cyber attacks on military and civilian in-6
frastructure and systems, during such war, and how 7
such cyber warfare affected military readiness and 8
societal resilience. 9
(4) A description of innovations to bolster the 10
resilience of command, control, and communications 11
in contested environments (including environments 12
in which technologies such as GPS and satellite com-13
munications are unavailable) arising from such war, 14
and how the United States may bolster the com-15
mand, control, and communications resilience of the 16
United States in similarly contested environments. 17
(5) A description of methods by which Ukraine 18
has expanded the defense industrial base of Ukraine 19
in connection with such war, with a particular focus 20
on the production of unmanned aircraft and other 21
unmanned vehicles and artillery shells, and how 22
Ukraine has decentralized manufacturing associated 23
with such defense industrial base to reduce produc-24
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tion delays and decrease risks associated with the 1
enemy targeting a single producer. 2
(6) A description of the implications of the pro-3
liferation of unmanned aircraft and other unmanned 4
vehicles in connection with such war on the surviv-5
ability of armor and armored vehicles, and how 6
armor and armored vehicles need to adapt as a re-7
sult of such proliferation. 8
(7) A description of how deception, decoys, tra-9
ditional camouflage, and signature management are 10
used in connection with such war for the purpose of 11
masking asset and force movement. 12
(8) A description of lessons arising from such 13
war with respect to medical evacuations, including 14
delayed evacuations and the potential for robotic or 15
unmanned aircraft extractions in environments satu-16
rated with unmanned aircraft. 17
(9) A plan to incorporate the innovations and 18
lessons referred to in paragraphs (1) through (8) 19
into the doctrine and training activities of the 20
United States Armed Forces, including a list of ob-21
jectives, a timetable to meet such objectives, and jus-22
tifications for the selected objectives and timetable. 23
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(c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 1
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-2
fied annex. 3
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-5
mittees’’ means— 6
(A) the congressional defense committees 7
(as such term is defined in section 101 of title 8
10, United States Code); and 9
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on 10
Intelligence of the House of Representatives 11
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 12
Senate. 13
(2) The term ‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ has 14
the meaning given such term in section 130i of title 15
10, United States Code. 16
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• 2025-12-02: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• 2026-02-26: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
• 2026-03-23: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
• 2026-03-23: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 365.
• 2026-09-30: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5231-5236)
• 2026-09-30: The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
• 2026-09-30: S.Amdt.5819 Amendment SA 5819 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
• 2026-09-30: S.Amdt.5819 Amendment SA 5819 proposed by Senator Cassidy. In the nature of a substitute. (consideration: CR S5234-5236)
• 2026-09-30: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5234-5236)
• 2026-10-05: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
• 2026-10-05: Received in the House.
• 2026-10-05: Held at the desk.

• 2025-12-20 Introduced: Official bill text
• 2026-03-26 Introduced: Official bill text
• 2026-10-01 Engrossed: Official bill text

Observed 2026-10-04T00:16:21.159946+00:00.

119TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION S. 3315
AN ACT
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services
and the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency to coordinate to improve cybersecurity
in the health care and public health sectors, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Health Care Cyberse-2
curity and Resiliency Act of 2026’’. 3
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 4
In this Act: 5
(1) A GENCY.—The term ‘‘Agency’’ means the 6
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. 7
(2) BUSINESS ASSOCIATE .—The term ‘‘business 8
associate’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-9
tion 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regula-10
tions (or a successor regulation). 11
(3) C OVERED ENTITY .—The term ‘‘covered en-12
tity’’ has the meaning given such term in section 13
160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or 14
a successor regulation). 15
(4) CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT .—The term ‘‘cy-16
bersecurity incident’’ has the meaning given the 17
term ‘‘incident’’ in section 3552 of title 44, United 18
States Code. 19
(5) C YBERSECURITY STATE COORDINATOR .— 20
The term ‘‘Cybersecurity State Coordinator’’ means 21
a Cybersecurity State Coordinator appointed under 22
section 2217(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 23
2002 (6 U.S.C. 665c(a)). 24
(6) D IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 25
the Director of the Agency. 26

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(7) H EALTHCARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH SEC -1
TOR.—The term ‘‘Healthcare and Public Health 2
Sector’’ means the Healthcare and Public Health 3
sector, as identified in National Security Memo-4
randum–22 (April 30, 2024; relating to critical in-5
frastructure security and resilience). 6
(8) I NFORMATION SHARING AND ANALYSIS OR -7
GANIZATION.—The term ‘‘Information Sharing and 8
Analysis Organization’’ has the meaning given such 9
term in section 2200 of the Homeland Security Act 10
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 650). 11
(9) I NFORMATION SYSTEM .—The term ‘‘infor-12
mation system’’ has the meaning given such term in 13
section 2200 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 14
(6 U.S.C. 650). 15
(10) R ECOGNIZED SECURITY PRACTICES .—The 16
term ‘‘recognized security practices’’ has the mean-17
ing given such term in section 13412(b)(1) of the 18
HITECH Act (42 U.S.C. 17941(b)(1)). 19
(11) S ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 20
means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 21
SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT COORDINATION WITH THE AGENCY. 22
(a) I N GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Director 23
shall coordinate, including by entering into a cooperative 24

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agreement, as appropriate, to improve cybersecurity in the 1
Healthcare and Public Health Sector. 2
(b) ASSISTANCE.— 3
(1) I N GENERAL .—The Secretary shall coordi-4
nate with the Director to make resources available 5
to entities that are receiving information shared 6
through programs managed by the Director or the 7
Secretary, including Information Sharing and Anal-8
ysis Organizations, sector coordinating councils, and 9
non-Federal entities. 10
(2) SCOPE.—The coordination under paragraph 11
(1) shall include— 12
(A) developing products specific to the 13
needs of Healthcare and Public Health Sector 14
entities; 15
(B) sharing information relating to cyber 16
threat indicators and appropriate defensive 17
measures, including automating cyber threat in-18
formation sharing, in a manner that adequately 19
protects against unauthorized access or disclo-20
sure; and 21
(C) providing technical assistance to cov-22
ered entities and business associates to improve 23
cybersecurity preparedness. 24
(c) JOINT CYBERSECURITY PLANNING.— 25

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(1) I N GENERAL .—Not later than 1 year after 1
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and 2
the Director shall establish a joint cybersecurity ca-3
pability plan to coordinate responses to significant 4
cybersecurity incidents affecting the Healthcare and 5
Public Health Sector. 6
(2) E LEMENTS.—The joint cybersecurity capa-7
bility plan established under paragraph (1) shall in-8
clude— 9
(A) protocols for rapid information sharing 10
during sector-wide cybersecurity incidents; 11
(B) coordination mechanisms with the sec-12
tor coordinating council for the Healthcare and 13
Public Health Sector; and 14
(C) coordination with Cybersecurity State 15
Coordinators for incidents affecting multiple 16
States. 17
(3) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS .— 18
(A) I N GENERAL .—Not later than 1 year 19
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-20
retary shall submit to the Committee on 21
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 22
Senate and the Committee on Energy and Com-23
merce of the House of Representatives the final 24
joint cybersecurity capability plan prepared 25

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under paragraph (1) and a description of how 1
such plan implements the elements required 2
under paragraph (2). 3
(B) U PDATES.—If the Secretary and the 4
Director update the joint cybersecurity capa-5
bility plan required under this subsection, the 6
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 7
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 8
Senate and the Committee on Energy and Com-9
merce of the House of Representatives such up-10
dated plan and a description of how such plan 11
implements the elements required under para-12
graph (2). 13
SEC. 4. CLARIFYING CYBERSECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES 14
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 15
HUMAN SERVICES. 16
(a) I N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall delegate a 17
representative to lead oversight and coordination of activi-18
ties within the Department of Health and Human Services 19
to support internal and external cybersecurity resilience 20
within the Healthcare and Public Health Sector, including 21
coordination and communication with other public and 22
private entities related to preparedness for, and responses 23
to, cybersecurity incidents, consistent with applicable pro-24
visions of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201 25

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et seq.), other applicable laws, and National Security 1
Memorandum–22 (April 30, 2024; relating to critical in-2
frastructure security and resilience). Such activities shall 3
not include implementation or enforcement of part 160 4
and subparts A and C of part 164 of title 45, Code of 5
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) (commonly 6
known as the ‘‘HIPAA Security Rule’’). 7
(b) REPORTS.— 8
(1) R EPORT ON DELEGATION .—Not later than 9
60 days after delegating a representative under sub-10
section (a), and any time a new representative is del-11
egated under such subsection, the Secretary shall 12
submit to the Committee on Health, Education, 13
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Com-14
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 15
Representatives a report that describes how such 16
representative will implement steps to improve inter-17
nal and external cybersecurity resilience within the 18
Healthcare and Public Health Sector. 19
(2) A NNUAL REPORT .—Not later than 1 year 20
after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 21
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-22
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 23
of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 24
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report 25

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on the state of cybersecurity in the Healthcare and 1
Public Health Sector, including— 2
(A) an assessment of the most significant 3
cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities facing 4
the Healthcare and Public Health Sector; 5
(B) a summary of major cybersecurity inci-6
dents affecting the Healthcare and Public 7
Health Sector during the preceding year; 8
(C) an assessment of the overall cybersecu-9
rity posture of the Healthcare and Public 10
Health Sector; 11
(D) a description of actions taken by the 12
Department of Health and Human Services to 13
improve cybersecurity; and 14
(E) recommendations to improve 15
Healthcare and Publ…

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