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H.R. 5074

Referred to Committee

DHS Cyber Incident Response Teams Act of 2018

Introduced 2/20/2018•115th Congress•House

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

3/20/2018 • Senate

Summary

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.

Passed House amended • 3/19/2018

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Topics & Subjects

Computer security and identity theftDepartment of Homeland SecurityGovernment studies and investigationsPublic-private cooperation

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Sponsor & Cosponsors (8)

Party Breakdown

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Sponsor

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Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]

Republican • TX-10

Sponsored 2/20/2018

Cosponsors (7)

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Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]

R-TX-4

Joined 2/20/2018

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Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]

R-WI-8

Joined 2/20/2018

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Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]

R-NE-2

Joined 2/20/2018

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Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]

R-NY-24

Joined 2/27/2018

Bill Journey

Originated in the House

Introduced

February 20, 2018

Committee Review

March 7, 2018

Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

Floor Debate

March 19, 2018

Passed Chamber

March 19, 2018

Other Chamber

President

Enacted into Law

Text Versions (4)

Referred in Senate3/20/2018
Reported in House3/19/2018
Engrossed in House3/19/2018
Introduced in House2/20/2018

Committee Reports (1)

Details

Bill TypeHR
Current StatusReferred to Committee
Cosponsors7