S 2983 Introduced – Cyber Info Sharing

Back in October Sen Peters (D,MI) introduced S 2983, the Extending Expired Cybersecurity Authorities Act. The bill would extend the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act through September 30^th, 2035. It would also revise the title of that act to read “Protecting America from Cyber Threats Act”.

One provision of this short bill will no longer be necessary. Section 2(b) would make the extension retroactive to October 1^st, 2025. When this bill was written the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act had expired on September 30^th. Section 149 of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (PL 119-37) extended this authority until January 30^th, 2026.

Moving Forward

Peters is the Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to which this bill would normally have been assigned for consideration. Instead, this bill was placed directly on the Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 182. This means that the bill could be called up at any time for consideration by the full Senate. Still, the impetus for early consideration of the bill has eased, and it is not likely to be considered until after January 30^th. Of course, if a spending bill or yet another continuing resolution further extends the 6 USC 1510(a) (Note: this version of the section still has not been updated for PL 119-37) termination date, then there will be little political pressure to take up this bill.

Review – Bills Introduced – 10-7-25

With just the Senate in session (the House continues to sit out the funding fiasco), there were 12 bills introduced yesterday. Of those, three bills will receive additional coverage in this blog:

S 2979 A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a confidential, voluntary information-sharing system to encourage the sharing of pipeline safety data and information in a nonpunitive context in order to improve the safety of pipeline facilities, and for other purposes. Moran, Jerry [Sen.-R-KS]

S 2980 A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to study certain composite material pipelines, and for other purposes. Moran, Jerry [Sen.-R-KS]

S 2983 A bill to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. Peters, Gary C. [Sen.-D-MI]

 

For more information on these bills, including legislative history for similar bills in the 118^th Congress, including a mention in passing of a bill to designate Russia as a state-sponsor of terrorism, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/bills-introduced-10-7-25 - subscription required.