US Congress Senate Bill 3309 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 31 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-12-04 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2018 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

Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]

Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-12-04	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 716.
2018-12-04	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-412.
2018-09-26	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2018-07-31	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB5074 (Related) 2018-03-20 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3309/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s3309/BILLS-115s3309is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s3309/BILLS-115s3309rs.pdf