Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2025

This bill requires the President, acting through the National Cyber Director, to designate foreign persons and foreign government agencies found responsible for state-sponsored cyber activities that threaten U.S. national security, the economy, critical infrastructure, or elections as "critical cyber threat actors." The National Cyber Director must create a National Attribution Framework within 180 days setting evidence standards for deciding who is behind such cyber activities. The President must impose at least one sanction on each designated actor, such as blocking property, limiting aid, or restricting exports, and designated individuals would be barred from entering the U.S. and have their visas revoked. The President may also sanction governments that aided these actors, and may grant waivers of up to one year at a time for national interest, law enforcement, or humanitarian reasons.

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• August Pfluger Republican sponsor
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