Review – S 1337 Introduced – CISA Information Sharing

Back in April, Sen Peters (D,MI) introduced S 337, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act. The bill would extend the authorization for 6 USC Chapter 1, Subchapter 6, Cybersecurity Information Sharing (6 USC 1500 thru 1510). That subchapter authorizes the Office of the Cyber Director, the development and sharing of cybersecurity information within the federal government (and with ‘non-Federal entities’), and allows for the use of non-Federal entities in the development of cybersecurity information. This bill extends the current ten-year authorization (which expires on September 30^th, 2025) through 2035.

Moving Forward

Peters is the Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to which this bill is assigned for consideration. This means that there should be sufficient influence to see this bill considered in Committee. I would expect that this bill would receive broad, bipartisan support. The big question here is whether the Chair, Sen Paul (R,KY), would support the reauthorization of these programs. Paul voted against the bill (HR 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016) that originally established this sub-chapter, but since that was a consolidated spending bill (which he opposes on principle) it is hard to tell if his vote included specific opposition to these information sharing policies.

 

For more information about the provisions of this very short bill, including a commentary about the potential consequences of failing to extend this authorization period, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/s-1337-introduced-cisa-information - subscription required.