S 318
Passed a chamber
Requires the National Science Foundation to produce a plan, within one year, for improving cybersecurity and telecommunications on the federally funded U.S. Academic Research Fleet of oceanographic research vessels.
Official title: ANCHOR Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
10-OCT-2025
Senate
Introduced
29-JAN-2025
Referred
29-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
21-MAY-2025
Reported
29-SEP-2025
On the calendar
29-SEP-2025
Passed
08-OCT-2025
- Requires the NSF Director, with input from relevant federal agencies and vessel owners, to submit the plan to the Senate Commerce and House Science committees within one year.
- Requires the plan to assess networking and cybersecurity needs, the costs of meeting them, and the time needed under different budget scenarios.
- Requires the plan to consider shared licensing, centralized fleet services, and a spending plan drawing on NSF, the Office of Naval Research, vessel owners, and users.
- Defines the fleet as U.S.-flagged vessels in the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System that receive NSF funding.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (29-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 08-OCT-2025).
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