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H. Rept. 114-63 1 (2015-04-13)

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                       114TH  CONGRESS                                                REPORT
                           1st Session      HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                  114-63







                                     PROTECTING CYBER NETWORKS ACT



                        APRIL 13, 2015.-Committed  to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
                                             the Union and ordered to be printed



                        Mr. NUNES, from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
                                                submitted   the  following


                                                    REPORT

                                                  [To accompany H.R. 1560]

                                  [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                         The   Committee on Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
                       to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 1560) to improve cybersecurity
                       in  the  United   States   through enhanced sharing of information
                       about  cybersecurity   threats,  and  for other  purposes,  having   consid-
                       ered  the  same,  report   favorably  thereon   with  an  amendment and
                       recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
                         The   amendment is as follows:
                         Strike  all after the enacting   clause  and  insert the following:
                       SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
                         (a) SHORT TITLE.-This Act may be cited as the Protecting Cyber Networks Act.
                         (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The  table of contents of this Act is as follows:
                       Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
                       Sec. 2. Sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures by the Federal Government with non-Federal
                              entities.
                       Sec. 3. Authorizations for preventing, detecting, analyzing, and mitigating cybersecurity threats.
                       Sec. 4. Sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures with appropriate Federal entities other than
                              the Department of Defense or the National Security Agency.
                       Sec. 5. Federal Government liability for violations of privacy or civil liberties.
                       Sec. 6. Protection from  liability.
                       Sec. 7. Oversight of Government activities.
                       Sec. 8. Report on cybersecurity threats.
                       Sec. 9. Construction and preemption.
                       Sec. 10. Conforming amendments.
                       Sec. 11. Definitions.
                       SEC. 2. SHARING OF CYBER THREAT INDICATORS AND DEFENSIVE MEASURES BY THE FED-
                                ERAL GOVERNMENT  WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES.
                         (a) IN GENERAL.-Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021 et
                       seq.) is amended by inserting after section 110 (50 U.S.C. 3045) the following new
                       section:
                       SEC. 111. SHARING OF CYBER THREAT INDICATORS AND DEFENSIVE MEASURES  BY THE
                                FEDERAL GOVERNMENT  WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES.
                         (a) SHARING BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.-
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