[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 158 (Tuesday, October 27, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1136-D1137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                                          Tuesday, October 27, 2015

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed S. 754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, as 
      amended.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7497-S7550
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2207-
2211.                                                        
  Page S7546
Measures Reported:
  S. 1326, to amend certain maritime programs of the Department of 
Transportation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 114-158)
  S. 1789, to improve defense cooperation between the United States and 
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.                             
Page S7545
Measures Passed:
  Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act: By 74 yeas to 21 nays (Vote 
No. 291), Senate passed S. 754, to improve cybersecurity in the United 
States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity 
threats, and after taking action on the following amendments proposed 
thereto:                                                     
  Page S7498
Adopted:
  Burr (for Flake/Franken) Further Modified Amendment No. 2582 (to 
Amendment No. 2716), to terminate the provisions of the Act after ten 
years.                                                       
Page S7498
  Burr/Feinstein Amendment No. 2749 (to Amendment No. 2716), relating 
to cybersecurity information sharing.                        
Page S7521
  Burr/Feinstein Amendment No. 2716, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                     Pages S7498, S7521
Rejected:
  By 41 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 285), Feinstein (for Wyden) Modified 
Amendment No. 2621 (to Amendment No. 2716), to improve the requirements 
relating to removal of personal information from cyber threat 
indicators before sharing.                        
Pages S7498, S7503-04
  By 47 yeas to 49 nays (Vote No. 286), Burr (for Heller) Modified 
Amendment No. 2548 (to Amendment No. 2716), to protect information that 
is reasonably believed to be personal information or information that 
identifies a specific person.           
Pages S7498, S7502-03, S7504-05
  By 37 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 287), Feinstein (for Leahy) Modified 
Amendment No. 2587 (to Amendment No. 2716), to strike the FOIA 
exemption.                                 
Pages S7498, S7505, S7507-08
  By 35 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 288), Feinstein (for Franken) Further 
Modified Amendment No. 2612 (to Amendment No. 2716), to improve the 
definitions of cybersecurity threat and cyber threat indicator. 
                                                         Pages S7509-10
  By 41 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 289), Feinstein (for Coons) Further 
Modified Amendment No. 2552 (to Amendment No. 2716), to modify section 
105 to require DHS to review all cyber threat indicators and 
countermeasures in order to remove certain personal information. 
                                                     Pages S7498, S7508
  By 22 yeas to 73 nays (Vote No. 290), Burr (for Cotton) Modified 
Amendment No. 2581 (to Amendment No. 2716), to exempt from the 
capability and process within the Department of Homeland Security 
communication between a private entity and the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation or the United States Secret Service regarding 
cybersecurity threats.                               
Pages S7498, S7511
  Chair sustained a point of order that the following amendments were 
not germane, and the amendments thus fell:
  Feinstein (for Whitehouse/Graham) Modified Amendment No. 2626 (to 
Amendment No. 2716), to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect 
Americans from cybercrime.                        
Pages S7498, S7503-04
  Feinstein (for Mikulski/Cardin) Amendment No. 2557 (to Amendment No. 
2716), to provide amounts necessary for accelerated cybersecurity in 
response to data breaches.                        
Pages S7498, S7503-04
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion 
to invoke cloture on the bill, be withdrawn.                 
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Messages from the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S7545
Enrolled Bills Presented:                                    
  Page S7545
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S7545-46
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7546-47
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:              
  Pages S7547-49
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7543-45
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S7549-50
Authorities for Committees to Meet:                          
  Page S7550
Privileges of the Floor:                                     
  Page S7550
Record Votes: Seven record votes were taken today. (Total--291) 
               Pages S7504, S7505, S7508, S7509-10, S7520, S7521, S7522
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:23 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2015. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7550.)