Bills Introduced – 6-20-13

We had four bills of potential interest to the cybersecurity community yesterday, a DOD authorization bill and three that would change the criminal statutes related to cybersecurity. The bills are:

S 1196 Latest Title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for clarification as to the meaning of access without authorization, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Wyden, Ron (D,OR)

S 1197 Latest Title: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl (D,MI)

HR 2454 Latest Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for clarification as to the meaning of access without authorization, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA)

HR 2466 Latest Title: To amend title 18, United States Code to provide for strengthened protections against theft of trade secrets, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA)

S 1196 and HR 2454 are likely companion bills, bills introduced in both the House and Senate with identical language.