House Sends Combined Cybersecurity Information Sharing Bill to Senate As HR-1560
The House’s combined cybersecurity information sharing bill includes the full text of both the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (HR-1560) and the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (HR-1731), said the text of the combined bill released Wednesday. The House sent the…
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combined bill to the Senate Monday as HR-1560. The original House-passed version of HR-1560, listed as Title 1 in the combined bill, would offer liability protections for information sharing to many federal agencies except the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency. HR-1731, listed as Title 2, would establish the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) as the main federal civilian hub for information sharing. The House passed both bills last week (see 1504230062 and 1504220066). The Senate appears likely to prioritize consideration of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S-754) over the combined House bill and is aiming to vote on S-754 before Congress’s planned Memorial Day recess, an industry lobbyist told us.