Cybersecurity Info Sharing Bills Up for House Vote Next Week, McCarthy Says
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., plans to bring up two cybersecurity information sharing bills -- the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (HR-1560) and the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (HR-1731) -- for a House vote next week, he said on…
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the House floor Thursday. Both bills would offer liability protection to companies that share cyberthreat information with federal agencies. “These bipartisan bills will improve cyberthreat information sharing between the private sector and the government, and ensure that America can meet cyber challenges now and into the future,” McCarthy said. The House Intelligence Committee-passed HR-1560 addresses private-sector sharing with U.S. intelligence agencies, while the House Homeland Security Committee-passed HR-1731 would establish the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center as the main federal civilian hub for information sharing. House Homeland Security unanimously approved HR-1731 Tuesday (see 1504140044). The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S-754), HR-1560's Senate equivalent, passed the Senate Intelligence Committee March 17.