Cyber Response and Recovery Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-1316
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Infrastructure development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: 

Cyber Response and Recovery Act of 2021
 
 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to declare a significant incident in the event of a breach of a public or private network and establishes a Cyber Response and Recovery Fund.
 
Specifically, DHS may make the declaration upon determining that a specific significant incident has occurred or is likely to occur imminently and that otherwise available resources, other than the fund, are likely insufficient to respond to or mitigate the incident effectively.
 
Upon a declaration, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency must coordinate (1) the response activities of each federal agency; and (2) with other responding entities, including local governments and law enforcement agencies.
 
The fund shall be available for the coordination of such activities and for response and recovery support.

action_date: 2022-12-14
text: 

Cyber Response and Recovery Act of 2021
 
 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to declare a significant incident in the event of a breach of a public or private network and establishes a Cyber Response and Recovery Fund.
 
Specifically, DHS may make the declaration upon determining that a specific significant incident has occurred or is likely to occur imminently and that otherwise available resources, other than the fund, are likely insufficient to respond to or mitigate the incident effectively.
 
Upon a declaration, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency must coordinate (1) the response activities of each federal agency; and (2) with other responding entities, including local governments and law enforcement agencies.
 
A declaration or renewal of a declaration may not include the name of any affected individual or private company.
 
The fund shall be available for the coordination of such activities and for response and recovery support.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 648.
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-257.
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-257.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate