Amendments on incident reporting, five-year term for CISA Director filed for inclusion in defense policy bill

House Homeland Security leaders have submitted their bipartisan cyber incident reporting legislation as a proposed amendment to the annual defense policy bill, among a handful of key cybersecurity proposals offered for inclusion in the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act headed to the House floor next week.

The incident reporting bill sponsored by Homeland Security cyber subcommittee Chairwoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and full committee ranking member John Katko (R-NY) headlines a list of cyber amendments including a proposal spearheaded...