US HB5247 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on May 6 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-06-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Executive Cyberspace Authorities Act of 2010 - Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the National Cyberspace Office, headed by a Director, to coordinate issues relating to achieving an assured, reliable, secure, and survivable information infrastructure and related capabilities of the federal government. Outlines Director duties, including overseeing executive agency information security policies and practices. Requires the inclusion of the Director on the National Security Council. Requires annual Director approval of that part of agency budgets relating to the protection of information technology. Makes the authorities of the Director inapplicable to national security systems. Requires delegation of Director authority, to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), respectively, of those systems of DOD and the CIA that process information the unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of which would have a debilitating effect on either agency's mission.

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Title

Executive Cyberspace Authorities Act of 2010

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History

DateChamberAction
2010-06-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
2010-06-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
2010-05-06 Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
2010-05-06 Referred to House Armed Services
2010-05-06 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2010-05-06 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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