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class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bipartisan-senate-bill-takes-aim-at-overly-burdensome-cybersecurity-regs.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bipartisan-senate-bill-takes-aim-at-overly-burdensome-cybersecurity-regs-5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bipartisan-senate-bill-takes-aim-at-overly-burdensome-cybersecurity-regs-5.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bipartisan-senate-bill-takes-aim-at-overly-burdensome-cybersecurity-regs-5.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, 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Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on March 25, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Astrid Riecken\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"24.51072386059\"><body readability=\"50.027420024927\"><\/p>\n<p>New legislation from a bipartisan pair of senators would create an interagency committee tasked with streamlining the country\u2019s patchwork system of cybersecurity regulations if signed into law.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/4630\/cosponsors?s=1&amp;r=28\">Streamlining Federal Cybersecurity Regulations Act<\/a> from Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and James Lankford, R-Okla., calls on the White House\u2019s national cyber director to create a committee that would harmonize the myriad cyber requirements imposed on companies by federal regulatory agencies, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/ELL24331.pdf\">according to bill text shared with CyberScoop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The introduction of the bill comes <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/congress-cybersecurity-harmonization-oncd-report\/\">a month after a Senate hearing<\/a> in which Nicholas Leiserson, the assistant national cyber director for cyber policy and programs, warned lawmakers of increasing \u201cfragmentation\u201d of cybersecurity regulations. \u201cIt is a problem that requires leadership from ONCD and Congress informed by the private sector,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Peters and Lankford both acknowledged the problem during the hearing, with the Michigan Democrat teasing the bill\u2019s release \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/24699825-ell23595-discussion-draft-cyber-reg-harm-1\">draft copy<\/a> of which was previously obtained by The Record \u2014 and the Oklahoma Republican railing against rulemaking from independent agencies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere are independent agencies that feel like they\u2019re independent from everybody. They\u2019re not independent from everybody,\u201d Lankford said at the time. \u201cThere\u2019s still some boundaries that need to be there when they\u2019re creating new regs, that they\u2019re not a completely independent fourth branch of government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers\u2019 bill addresses many of the concerns raised during June\u2019s hearing. The committee would be responsible for identifying \u201coverly burdensome, inconsistent, or contradictory\u201d cybersecurity requirements and recommending updates to them, while establishing minimum standards and reciprocity among agencies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The committee would include the national cyber director, the chief of the Office of Management and Budget\u2019s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, the heads of each federal regulatory agency and other government leaders&nbsp; determined by the chair.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other elements of the bill include a pilot program to implement the new framework after consulting with various sector risk management agencies and an annual report on the committee\u2019s work to the Senate Homeland Security and House Oversight and Accountability committees, among others with relevant jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"4.2274305555556\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"15\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/bipartisan-senate-bill-takes-aim-at-overly-burdensome-cybersecurity-regs-1.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Matt Bracken\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Matt Bracken<\/h4>\n<p> Matt Bracken is the managing editor of FedScoop and CyberScoop, overseeing coverage of federal government technology policy and cybersecurity. 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Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speak to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, right, after a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing Sept. 21, 2021 in Washington, D.C. 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