House Panel Passes Cyberthreat Info Sharing Bill

Gov Information Security: After beating back amendments by Democratic members to limit liability protections for businesses, the House Homeland Security Committee on April 14 unanimously approved cyberthreat information sharing legislation on a voice vote.

The bill, sponsored by Committee Chairman Mike McCaul, R-Texas, now goes to the full House, where differences with another cyberthreat information sharing measure approved by the House Intelligence Committee last month will be worked out (see Cybersecurity Bills: Latest Developments). House leaders indicated that the full House could vote on cyberthreat information sharing legislation as early as next week.

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