[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 126 (Wednesday, August 5, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S6419]
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SA 2628. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 754, to improve cybersecurity in the United States
through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. RECONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED RULE ON IMPLEMENTATION
OF WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT 2013 PLENARY
AGREEMENTS RELATING TO INTRUSION AND
SURVEILLANCE ITEMS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 15 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall--
(1) review, and consider public comments received with
respect to, the proposed rule of the Bureau of Industry and
Security, entitled ``Wassenaar Arrangement 2013 Plenary
Agreements Implementation: Intrusion and Surveillance Items''
and published on May 20, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 28,853); and
(2) revise the proposed rule in accordance with subsection
(b).
(b) Requirements for Revised Rule.--In revising the
proposed rule described in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary
shall--
(1) develop the revisions in close consultation with civil
society organizations, including privacy advocates, public
and private sector technologists, security researchers, and
public and private sector software developers;
(2) ensure that the proposed rule is--
(A) limited to the scope of the agreements reached at the
plenary meeting of the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export
Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and
Technologies in December 2013; and
(B) consistent with the regulation of cybersecurity items
by other countries participating in the Wassenaar
Arrangement, as appropriate;
(3) exclude cybersecurity items available for mass-market
purchase from regulation under the proposed rule; and
(4) ensure that, before issuing a final rule--
(A) the proposed rule is available for public comment for
not less than 60 days; and
(B) a public hearing is held on the proposed rule.
(c) Regulatory Impact Analysis.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after issuing a
final rule based on the proposed rule described in subsection
(a)(1) and revised in accordance with subsection (b), the
Secretary shall conduct a regulatory impact analysis of the
effects of the rule on the development and export of
cybersecurity items.
(2) Public availability.--The Secretary shall make the
analysis required by paragraph (1) available to the public.
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