,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbib  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bd1     
#bjba,mr4 ,daines 7for himself and ,mr4 
,whitehouse7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to require the ,secretary of ,homeland 
,security to study the potential        
consequences and benefits of amending   
the ,computer ,fraud and ,abuse ,act to 
allow private companies to take         
proportional actions in response to an  
unlawful network breach4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,study on ,cyber-,attack ,response      
,options ,act4  #b4 ,study relating to  
consequences and benefits of amending   
the ,,cfaa  7a7 ,study ,the ,secretary  
of ,homeland ,security1 in consultation 
with other ,federal agencies as         
appropriate1 shall conduct a study on   
the potential benefits and risks of     
amending section #ajcj of title #ah1    

,united ,states ,code 7commonly known as
 the ,computer ,fraud and ,abuse ,act71 
to allow private entities to take       
proportional actions in response to an  
unlawful network breach1 subject to     
oversight and regulation by a designated
 ,federal agency4  7b7 ,report  7#a7 ,in
 general ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall
 submit a report on the findings of the 
study conducted under subsection 7a71   
including any recommendations1 to       
,congress4  7#b7 ,required contents ,the
 report required under paragraph 7#a7   
shall-- 7,a7 address any impact on      
national security and foreign affairs2  
and  7,b7 include recommendations for-- 
7i7 which ,federal agency or agencies   
may authorize proportional actions by   
private entities2  7ii7 what level of   
certainty regarding the identity of the 
attacker is needed before such actions  
would be authorized2  7iii7 which       
entities would be allowed to take such  

actions and under what circumstances2   
7iv7 what actions would be permissible2 
and  7v7 what safeguards should be in   
place4