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US HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS have expressed about sending a cybersecurity bill to President Barack Obama this year despite significant disagreements with the Senate and the White House.
The House delivered a strong bipartisan vote this week for the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act despite a White House veto threat.
The bill would encourage companies and the federal government to share information collected on the Internet to help prevent electronic attacks from cybercriminals, foreign governments and terrorists.
The vote was 248-168, with 42 Democrats joining 206 Republicans in backing the measure.
The House also approved three other less-divisive cyber-related bills, including one on Friday that improves coordination between the private and public sectors on research and development on cybersecurity. The vote was 395-10.
In the Senate, several Democrats and Republicans prefer a bill that would give the Homeland Security Department the primary role in overseeing domestic cybersecurity and the authority to set security standards. The House bill does not give Homeland Security that authority. The White House favors the Senate measure, too.
The House bill also would impose no new rules on businesses, a Republican imperative.
The Senate could act as early as next month on legislation, though it’s uncertain what would emerge in light of internal Senate disputes. House members hope disagreements on a final bill could be settled by a House-Senate conference committee, if not earlier.
Congressional leaders are determined to get a cybersecurity bill completed this election year. More than 10 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, lawmakers describe it as an initial step to deal with an evolving threat in the Internet age.
The House bill would allow the government to relay cyber threat information to a company to prevent attacks from Russia or China. In the private sector, corporations could alert the government and provide data that could stop an attack intended to disrupt the country’s water supply or take down the banking system.
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There is great need to stop cyber crime, but the same old chestnut…who will police the police.
Police.
I have no idea why the house would pass legislation like this. It goes against 1st amendment rights! Now companies have a legal immunity to sieve through and share your personal information without you knowing or giving your permission.
Thank god the EU and data protection commissioners have more of a backbone and are able to dissect corporate enforced laws.
Shame on the US political system and more importantly the GOP.
The merger of corporations and government controling peoples affairs is called facism as Mussollini said and he would know.
Yes. He himself said that fascism could also be termed corporatism.
Very true and its exactly whats going on in Europe at the moment, nothing other than a corporate takeover.
Yeah Obama, just like you said you would veto the NDAA but snuck it in on New Years eve. The charade is wearing thin at this stage plus this article is pretty lame. If your looking for a proper write up on the dangers of CISPA and the erosion of our privacy check out techdirt and other independant publications that give unbiased views on it unlike AP. Getting clearer by the day that facist fcuks are in charge.
The public in the US are staring at a world of pain as the banks implement the Police State. This is the imminent future for us Europeans. Private security interrogation on public transport via TSA Gestapo goons. Drone surveillance and execution via the NDAA. What a nightmare. And people still persist in believing its all to stop the scary Muslims in the cave of Bora Bora. Times is running out fast for people to wake IP and take action.
Big Daddy. US. Is watching all countries for its own interest.
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