MTS CYBER Act – Maritime Transportation System Cybersecurity
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-02-10 — Critical Undersea Infrastructure Resilience Initiative Act: cross-connection with critical-undersea-infrastructure-resilience: Both address protection of maritime infrastructure — undersea physical assets (cables/pipelines) versus MTS cyber systems — as complementary resilience vehicles. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-22 — Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026: cross-connection with connected-vehicle-security-act: Parallel sector-specific cybersecurity legislation — connected vehicles (S4429) and maritime transportation (MTS CYBER Act). (novelty: 3)
- 2025-03-11 — SHIELD Against CCP Act: cross-connection with shield-against-ccp-act: Both address CCP-adjacent homeland-security concerns touching maritime/port and cybersecurity domains; SHIELD’s working group scope overlaps MTS CYBER’s maritime cybersecurity focus. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-05-11 — Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026: cross-connection with connected-vehicle-security: Parallel sector-specific cybersecurity legislation in the 119th Congress — connected vehicles (surface) and maritime transportation system. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-02-23 — MTS CYBER Act of 2026: HR7625 (MTS CYBER Act of 2026) introduced in the 119th Congress and referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security to establish a cybersecurity framework for the Maritime Transportation System; public text remains sparse. (novelty: 3)