Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6309 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6309 To impose sanctions with respect to designated critical cyber threat actors, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 25, 2025 Mr. Pfluger introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To impose sanctions with respect to designated critical cyber threat actors, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. ACTIONS TO ADDRESS STATE-SPONSORED CYBER ACTIVITIES AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. (a) Designation as a Critical Cyber Threat Actor.-- (1) In general.--The President, acting through the National Cyber Director, and in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall designate pursuant to the National Attribution Framework under paragraph (2) as a critical cyber threat actor-- (A) each foreign person and each agency or instrumentality of a foreign state that the President determines to be knowingly responsible for or complicit in, or have engaged in, directly or indirectly, state- sponsored cyber activities originating from, or directed by persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States that are reasonably likely to result in, or have contributed to, a significant thr