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House Members Introduce Bills To Strengthen Cyber R&D With Israel

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 14th, 2016

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House Members Introduce Bills To Strengthen Cyber R&D With Israel

Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), member of the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation panel

House Homeland Security Committee members Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) and John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) on Thursday introduced two bills designed to bolster collaboration between the United States and Israel on cyber security research and development (R&D).Crafting of the legislation follows a visit to Israel in May by the two lawmakers and others in Congress to meet with Israeli officials on a range of issues, including cyber security and a year-old nuclear deal with Iran.The United States-Israel Cybersecurity Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2016…

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