,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bgdc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bd1    
#bjah ,mrs4 ,feinstein introduced the   
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to clarify that the         
,secretary of ,homeland ,security is not
 required to provide notice to private  
entities before issuing binding         
operational directives on agency        
information security policies and       
practices4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,federal ,network  
,protection ,act4  #b4 ,notice not      
required for private entities ,section  
#ceec of title #dd1 ,united ,states     
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by             
redesignating subsection 7j7 as         
subsection 7k72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7i7 the following3  7j7
 ,rule of construction ,nothing in this 
section shall be construed to require   
the ,secretary to provide notice to any 

private entity before the ,secretary    
issues a binding operational directive  
under subsection 7b77#b74  4