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The bill clarifies and strengthens DHS incident‑reporting and response authority to improve national security coordination, but does so while increasing compliance burdens on businesses and governments and raising potential privacy and civil‑liberties concerns for the public.
Federal agencies, especially DHS, gain clarified or updated authority for incident reporting and threat response, improving coordination and potentially speeding federal responses to national-security incidents.
Taxpayers and the general public could face expanded privacy and civil liberties risks if DHS's reporting or information‑sharing authorities are broadened without strong limits or oversight.
Utilities, financial firms, and state/local governments may incur new or expanded reporting and compliance obligations, increasing administrative costs and regulatory burden for those entities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Substitutes new statutory text for 6 U.S.C. 1510(a) and names the measure the "Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act."
Introduced April 8, 2025 by Gary C. Peters · Last progress April 8, 2025
Replaces the current text of section 111(a) of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1510(a)) and gives the measure the short title "Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act." The specific replacement language is not included in the provided excerpt, and no effective date or implementing details are provided. Because the new statutory text is not shown, the exact changes to information-sharing rules, liability protections, privacy safeguards, or agency responsibilities cannot be determined from this excerpt alone. The amendment could maintain, expand, narrow, or clarify how cybersecurity threat information is shared between private entities and the federal government depending on the substituted language.