‘‘(ii) with the consent of the local gov-
ernments, items, in-kind services, capabili-
ties, or activities, or a combination of fund-
ing and other services, having a value of 
not less than 80 percent of the amount of 
the grant; or 
‘‘(iii) with the consent of the local 
governments, grant funds combined with 
other items, in-kind services, capabilities, 
or activities, or a combination of funding 
and other services, having the total value 
of not less than 80 percent of the amount 
of the grant.’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by amending 
clauses (ii) and (iii) to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) items, in kind services, capabili-
ties, or activities, or a combination of fund-
ing and other services, having a value of 
not less than 25 percent of the amount of 
the grant awarded to the eligible entity; or 
‘‘(iii) grant funds combined with other 
items, in kind services, capabilities, or ac-
tivities, or a combination of funding and 
other services, having the total value of not
less than 25 percent of the grant awarded 
to the eligible entity.’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (5) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(5) DIRECT FUNDING.—If an eligible entity 
does not make a distribution to a local government 
required under paragraph (2) within 60 days of the 
anticipated grant disbursement date, such local gov-
ernment may petition the Secretary to request the 
Secretary to provide funds directly to such local gov-
ernment.’’; 
(11) in subsection (o), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and representatives 
from rural areas and other local governments with 
small populations’’ after ‘‘governments’’; 
(12) by redesignating subsections (p) through 
(s) as subsections (q) through (t), respectively; 
(13) by inserting after subsection (o) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(p) OUTREACH
TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—The 
Secretary, acting through the Director, shall implement an 
outreach plan to inform local governments, including those 
in rural areas or with small populations, about no-cost cy-
bersecurity service offerings available from the Agency.’’; 
(14) in subsection (r), as so redesignated—
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(ii) in clause (ii)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘information sys-
tems owned’’ and inserting ‘‘informa-
tion systems or operational technology 
systems, including either or both of 
such systems using artificial intel-
ligence, maintained, owned,’’; and 
(II) by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(iii) assuming the costs associated 
with continuing the programs specified in 
the Cybersecurity Plan by including such 
programs in State and local government 
budgets upon full expenditure of grant 
funds by the eligible entity.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(E)(ii), by striking 
‘‘information systems owned’’ and inserting ‘‘in-
formation systems or operational technology 
systems, including either or both of such sys-
tems using artificial intelligence, maintained, 
owned’’; and 
(C) by amending paragraph (6) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(6) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than three years 
after the date of the enactment of this paragraph 
and every three years thereafter until the termi-
nation of the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant 
Program, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a review of the Program, in-
cluding relating to the following: 
‘‘(A) The grant selection process of the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(B) A sample of grants awarded under 
this section. 
‘‘(C) A review of artificial intelligence 
adoption across the sample of grants re-
viewed.’’; 
(15) in subsection (s), as so redesignated, by 
amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The activities under this 
section are subject to the availability of appropria-
tions.’’; and
(16) in subsection (t), as so redesignated, in 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting 
‘‘2033’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 
2025. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 5078 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
reauthorize the State and local cybersecurity 
grant program of the Cybersecurity and Infra-
structure Security Agency of the Department of 
Homeland Security, and for other purposes.