Sen. Johnson 'looking at' including SAFETY Act cyber language in DHS bill

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) said he is “looking at” including language applying SAFETY Act liability protections to cybersecurity products as an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security reauthorization bill, which the committee is expected to continue considering next week.

The homeland security panel began its DHS reauthorization markup process with opening statements during a business meeting Wednesday, at which Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) also announced that she and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) will...