Today the House considered and passed three cybersecurity bills
with broad bipartisan support. All three bills were considered under suspension
of the rules which requires a 2/3 vote for passage (I incorrectly said 3/5 the
other day). The three bills were:
• HR
967, the Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research
and Development Act of 2012, 406
– 11; and
• HR 1163, the Federal Information Security
Amendments Act of 2013, 416
– 0.
As I expected the no votes were all Republicans; presumably
over spending objectives.
If any of these bills make it to the floor of the Senate,
they will almost certainly pass with similar bipartisan support. Last session
versions of these bills passed in the House only to be ignored by Sen. Reid
(D,NV) in the Senate because he was attempting to push through a comprehensive
cybersecurity bill. With less pressure on Reid this year because of the
President's cybersecurity executive order, there is an increased chance that
these bills might be considered and passed in the Senate.
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