H.R. 7630 aims to enhance the cybersecurity and telecommunications infrastructure of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet. The bill, known as the “ANCHOR Act,” mandates the Director of the National Science Foundation to submit a comprehensive plan within a year to Congress. This...
Simple Explanation
The ANCHOR Act is about making sure the ships that help scientists do research in the ocean are safe from bad guys on the internet and have good ways to talk to each other. It asks some very smart people to make a plan to keep the ships' computers safe and working well, and they have to tell this plan to the people in charge within a year.