HR 3359 Senate Amendment Accepted by House – CISA Authorization

Yesterday the House accepted the Senate’s amendment to HR 3359, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018. The bill creates the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within DHS. The bill was passed earlier this year in the House. The Senate amendment was accepted by the House by ‘unanimous consent’, so no actual vote was taken, but a single voice in objection would have derailed the process.

The bill now goes to the President for signature. There has been no objection raised by the Administration about this bill. In fact, there has been lots of pressure to pass the measure.