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S. 315 116th Congress Senate

DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019

Official title: A bill to authorize cyber hunt and incident response teams at the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 7, 2019 Introduced by: Margaret Wood Hassan Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Computer security and identity theftDepartment of Homeland SecurityGovernment studies and investigationsPublic-private cooperation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Became law
Apr 8, 2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 62.
Apr 8, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-27.
Feb 13, 2019
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jan 31, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 31, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action April 8, 2019

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 62.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center to maintain cyber-hunt and incident-response teams to assist with activities such as restoring services following a cyber incident and identifying cybersecurity risks and unauthorized cyber activity.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 17, 2019
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Feb 7, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 315: DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-315/
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"S. 315: DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-315/.
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S. 315, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-315/.
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