
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the first of two cyber threat information sharing bills being considered this week, the Protecting Cyber Networks Act (H.R. 1560).The bill passed 307-116 after adopting five amendments, all but one by voice vote.H.R. 1560, originating in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, was sponsored by Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.), and Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) (Defense Daily, March 26).The bill provides limited liability protections to the private sector, similar…