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First of Two Cyber Sharing Bills Passes House

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015

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First of Two Cyber Sharing Bills Passes House

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…

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