US Congress House Bill 5074 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 20 2018 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-03-20 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) national cybersecurity and communications integration center to maintain cyber hunt and incident response teams to provide, upon request, assistance including: (1) assisting asset owners and operators in restoring services following a cyber incident; (2) identifying cybersecurity risk and unauthorized cyber activity; and (3) mitigation strategies to prevent, deter, and protect against cybersecurity risks. DHS may include private sector cybersecurity specialists on such teams, and must continually assess and evaluate the teams and their operations and report specified metrics to Congress. No additional funds are authorized to carry out this bill.

DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2018

Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-20	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2018-03-19	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-03-19	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1661)
2018-03-19	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5074.
2018-03-19	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1661-1663)
2018-03-19	House	Mr. McCaul moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2018-03-19	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 463.
2018-03-19	House	Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-607.
2018-03-07	House	Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2018-03-07	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2018-03-07	House	Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Discharged.
2018-02-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
2018-02-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
2018-02-20	House	Introduced in House

SB3309 (Related) 2018-12-04 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5074/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5074/BILLS-115hr5074ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5074/BILLS-115hr5074rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr5074/BILLS-115hr5074eh.pdf