Outlook For Federal Cybersecurity Legislation

Christopher DeLacy, Partner and Norma Krayemin, Sr Policy Advisor are based in our Washington D.C.office

In the aftermath of the U.S.-China bilateral discussions on cybersecurity and with growing concerns for cybersecurity in Congress, there is still time for the Senate to move cybersecurity legislation. The Senate could bring up S. 754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) as early as this week or in the first few weeks of October. The Senate leadership had reached an agreement for floor consideration of CISA that allows for bill sponsors Senator Richard Burr and Senator Dianne Feinstein to offer a substitute amendment, which will modify the underlying bill text, and for consideration of 21 other amendments—10 from Senate Republicans and 11 from Senate Democrats.