Review - HR 280 Introduced – Cyber Vulnerability Disclosures

Earlier this month, Rep Jackson-Lee introduced HR 280, the Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act. The bill would require DHS to prepare “a report that contains a description of the policies and procedures developed for coordinating cyber vulnerability disclosures”. No funding is authorized by this bill.

The bill is identical to HR 118 that was introduced last session. No action was taken on that bill in Committee.

Moving Forward

Jackson-Lee has not yet been assigned to any Committees, so it is difficult to determine if she has enough influence to see the bill considered in the House Homeland Security Committee to which this bill was assigned for consideration. I see nothing in the bill that would engender any organized opposition. I suspect that the bill would receive bipartisan support were it considered in Committee, and it would probably be able to be considered in the full House under the suspension of the rules process (limited debate, no floor amendments, and super-majority required for passage).

 

For more details about the provisions of the bill, including my commentary on the lack of necessity for the bill, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/hr-280-introduced - subscription required.