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Gary Peters (D-MI)

Extending Expired Cybersecurity Authorities Act

S. 2983 · Senate bill Science, Technology, Communications

A Democratic bill with 8 Republican cosponsors · See all 15 cosponsors

Last activity — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 182.

Cleared committee, waiting for its first floor vote

A committee approved it and it is on the calendar of the chamber it started in.

This is further than most bills get, and still no promise of a vote: the calendar is a queue, and the majority leadership decides what is called. A bill can sit here until the Congress ends.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. On Calendar

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the "Extending Expired Cybersecurity Authorities Act," aims to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015. It extends the expiration date of the existing act from September 30, 2025, to September 30, 2035. The bill also updates the name of the original act to the "Protecting America from Cyber Threats Act." These changes include conforming amendments to Title XXII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. The amendment regarding the expiration date is intended to take effect as if it were enacted on October 1, 2025.