House Passes Cybersecurity Bill After Adding Privacy Amendments

After adding several privacy-protecting amendments, the House April 18 approved 288-127 the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) (H.R. 624).

CISPA would provide companies liability protection for sharing cyberthreat information with the federal government. In addition, the director of national intelligence would establish procedures allowing elements of the intelligence community to share cyberthreat information with certified U.S. companies.

Of Republicans, 196 voted for the measure and 29 voted against it.

On the other side of the aisle, the vote was more evenly split, with 92 Democrats voting for the bill and 98 voting against CISPA. On April ...