Search Results: keywords:"contingency plans"

  • H. R. 7691 — To require the Chairperson of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to provide contingency plans for a disruption in the timing of payment on Treasury securities, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:434

    H.R. 7691 requires the Chairperson of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to develop contingency plans for potential disruptions in the timing of payments on U.S. Treasury securities. These disruptions could be caused by system failures, cyberattacks, natural disasters,...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill wants someone in charge to make a plan for what to do if there's a problem with paying back money the government owes. This plan has to think about things like computers breaking or running out of money, and the person has to tell important people in the government what they plan to do to fix it.

  • H. R. 8775 — To require an assessment on manual operations for critical infrastructure, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:812

    H.R. 8775, known as the "Contingency Plan for Critical Infrastructure Act," requires an assessment from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on the readiness of critical infrastructure to operate...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 8775 wants to make sure that if computers are attacked by bad guys, important things like water, electricity, and hospitals can keep working by using backup plans that don't rely on computers. They want some really smart people to figure out how to make sure this happens and to tell everyone what they need to do.