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Senators Introduce Homeland Security, Critical Infrastructure Legislation

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, September 28th, 2017

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Senators Introduce Homeland Security, Critical Infrastructure Legislation

Several senators this week introduced bills to improve terrorism response procedures, improve travel safety accountability, and ensure the cyber resiliency of critical electrical grid infrastructure.The bipartisan legislation was introduced Wednesday and Thursday in the Senate.Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) announced the Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism (REPORT) Act, which requires the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center to issue a report to Congress following a…

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