U.S. lawmaker to revive cyber
information-sharing bill: report
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[January 09, 2015]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democrat in
the House of Representatives plans on Friday to re-introduce a bill
aiming to streamline how companies and the government share information
on cyber threats, Washington newspaper The Hill reported on Thursday.
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Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland told The Hill in an interview that
he planned to reintroduce the legislation, which he co-authored last
year with former House Intelligence Committee Chairman
Representative Michael Rogers, a Republican from Michigan who
retired from Congress.
Ruppersberger's spokeswoman on Thursday did not respond to an
inquiry about the bill, known as the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and
Protection Act (CISPA).
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives last year for the
second time passed that legislation, but efforts fizzled in the
Democrat-controlled Senate, where Intelligence Committee leaders
also unsuccessfully introduced a cybersecurity bill.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2015/Jan/09/images/ads/current/business_directory_filler.png) Though CISPA's prospects remain unclear, the re-introduction of
cybersecurity information-sharing legislation would kick off a new
effort to codify how companies and the government should interact in
the face of a cyber threat or attack.
It would come on the heels of a crippling cyberattack on Sony
Pictures Entertainment film studio that precipitated online leaks of
unreleased movies and emails that caused embarrassment to executives
and Hollywood personalities.
Republicans this year control both chambers of Congress and could
use their majority to pass CISPA, though the White House had in the
past threatened to veto this legislation over privacy concerns.
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The debate over cybersecurity legislation has been complicated by
revelations last year by former National Security Agency contractor
Edward Snowden about the scope of U.S. government surveillance
programs.
(Reporting by Alina Selyukh; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)
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