,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #bb         
7legislative day1 ,january #c71 #bjac   
,mr4 ,rockefeller 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,carper1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,levin1 
,ms4 ,mikulski1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 and   
,mr4 ,coons7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to secure the ,united ,states against  
cyber attack1 to improve communication  
and collaboration between the private   
sector and the ,federal ,government1 to 
enhance ,american competitiveness and   
create jobs in the information          
technology industry1 and to protect the 
identities and sensitive information of 
,american citizens and businesses4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,cybersecurity and ,american ,cyber 
,competitiveness ,act of #bjac4  #b4    
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3  7#a7 ,the country's leading  

officials in business1 intelligence1 and
 defense affairs agree that malicious   
state1 terrorist1 and criminal actors   
exploiting vulnerabilities in           
information and communications networks 
and gaps in cybersecurity pose one of   
the most serious and rapidly growing    
threats to both the national security   
and the economy of the ,united ,states4 
7#b7 ,with information technology now   
the backbone of the ,united ,states     
economy1 a critical element of ,united  
,states national security infrastructure
 and defense systems1 the primary       
foundation of global communications1 and
 a key enabler of most critical         
infrastructure1 nearly every single     
,united ,states citizen is touched by   
cyberspace and is threatened by cyber   
attacks4  7#c7 ,malicious actors in     
cyberspace have already caused          
significant damage to the ,united       
,states ,government1 the ,united ,states
 economy1 and ,united ,states citizens1 
and the threat continues to grow4  7#d7 

,in its #bjji ,cyberspace ,policy       
,review1 the ,white ,house concluded1   
,ensuring that cyberspace is            
sufficiently resilient and trustworthy  
to support ,u4,s4 goals of economic     
growth1 civil liberties and privacy     
protections1 national security1 and the 
continued advancement of democratic     
institutions requires making            
cybersecurity a national priority44     
7#e7 ,leading experts in the private    
sector and the government agree that the
 ,united ,states should establish a new 
model of public-private collaboration1  
which fits the realities of the #bast   
century1 to secure the country against  
cyber attack4  #c4 ,sense of ,congress  
,it is the sense of ,congress that      
,congress should enact1 and the         
,president should sign1 bipartisan      
legislation to improve communication and
 collaboration between the private      
sector and the ,federal ,government to  
secure the ,united ,states against cyber
 attack1 to enhance the competitiveness 

of the ,united ,states and create jobs  
in the information technology industry1 
and to protect the identities and       
sensitive information of ,united ,states
 citizens and businesses by--  7#a7     
enhancing the security and resiliency of
 public and private communications and  
information networks against cyber      
attack by nation-states1 terrorists1 and
 cyber criminals2  7#b7 establishing    
mechanisms for sharing cyber threat and 
vulnerability information between the   
government and the private sector2  7#c7
 developing a coherent public-private   
system to improve the capability of the 
,united ,states to assess cyber risk and
 prevent1 detect1 and robustly respond  
to cyber attacks against ,united ,states
 critical infrastructure1 such as the   
electric grid1 the financial sector1 and
 telecommunications networks2  7#d7     
promoting research and development      
investments in the ,united ,states      
information technology sector that      
create and maintain good1 well-paying   

jobs in the ,united ,states and help to 
enhance the economic competitiveness and
 cybersecurity of the ,united ,states2  
7#e7 promoting cybersecurity and        
information technology training to      
develop the country's next generation of
 cyber professionals2  7#f7 preventing  
and mitigating identity theft and       
guarding against abuses or breaches of  
personally identifiable information2    
7#g7 enhancing ,united ,states          
diplomatic capacity and public-private  
international cooperation to respond to 
emerging cyber threats1 including       
promoting security and freedom of access
 for communications and information     
networks around the world and battling  
global cyber crime through focused      
diplomacy2  7#h7 expanding tools and    
resources for investigating and         
prosecuting cyber crimes in a manner    
that respects privacy rights and civil  
liberties and promotes ,united ,states  
innovation2 and  7#i7 maintaining robust
 protections of the privacy of ,united  

,states citizens and their online       
activities and communications4