Burr Offers Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act Language as NDAA Amendment
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., proposed attaching language from his Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S-754) as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act reauthorization (S-1376) Tuesday with the backing of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. “We…
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can no longer simply watch Americans’ personal information continue to be compromised,” Burr said in a statement. “This bill is long needed and will help us combat threats to our country and our economy.” McConnell separately cited the Office of Personnel Management data breach as a reason for proposing attachment of S-754’s language to the NDAA reauthorization. Senate intelligence Vice Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif, who co-sponsored S-754 with Burr, said in a statement that she declined to join Burr in offering the amendment and “it’s a mistake.” The move brought swift condemnation from S-754 critics. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in a statement that if McConnell “insists on attaching the flawed CISA bill to unrelated legislation, I will be fighting to ensure the Senate has a full debate and a chance to offer amendments to add vital protections for American privacy and address the threats to our cybersecurity.” Monument Policy Group lobbyist Andrew Howell told us it’s feasible that the Senate could approve the S-754 amendment. An industry lobbyist said advocates of two House-passed cyber information sharing bills -- the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act (HR-1731) and the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (HR-1560) -- could move to attach language from those two bills to the NDAA reauthorization during conference. The House passed its version of NDAA reauthorization (HR-1735) May 15.