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S. 2151 - Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act of 2012

Science, technology, communications. 112th Congress (2011-2012) View bill details
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Summary:
A bill to improve information security, and for other purposes. (by CRS) 
Status:
The bill has been introduced. 
There have been no votes on this bill.

Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act of 2012

S. 2151 — 112th Congress (2011–2012)

Summary
A bill to improve information security, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to improve information security, and for other purposes.
Other Titles
  • SECURE IT
  • Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act of 2012
Sponsor
John McCain
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Science, technology, communications
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advisory bodies
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Director of National Intelligence
  • Education programs funding
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Government information and archives
  • Higher education
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Right of privacy
  • Student aid and college costs
  • Teaching, teachers, curricula
Related Bills
Major Actions
Introduced3/01/2012
Referred to Committee
Bill History

There have been no votes on this bill.

ActionDateDescription
Introduced3/01/2012
3/01/2012Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
3/01/2012Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

supported this bill

Manufacturing
Chambers of commerce
$353,869
$274,854
$628,723
29 times as much
$5,150
$577,535
$4,768,480
$45,301
$6,919,061
$4,609,344
$1,410,557
$114,100
$18,449,528

opposed this bill

Republican/Conservative
Book, newspaper & periodical publishing
Democratic/Liberal
Health, Education & Human Resources
Museums, art galleries, libraries, etc.
Communications & Electronics
Human Rights
Consumer groups
2 Organizations Supported and 29 Opposed; See Which Ones
2 Organizations Supported and 29 Opposed; See Which Ones

Organizations that took a position on
Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act of 2012

2 organizations supported this bill

National Association of Manufacturers
Brian J. Raymond (2012, March 26). Letter to Senator McCain and Senator Hutchison. Retrieved April 4, 2012, from NAM.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Matthew Eggers & (2012, March 12). Senators Offer Positive Framework for Cybersecurity. Retrieved April 4, 2012, from Free Enterprise.

29 organizations opposed this bill

American Association of Law Libraries
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
American Civil Liberties Union
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
American Library Association
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Association of College and Research Libraries
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Association of Research Libraries
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Center for Democracy & Technology
James X. Dempsey, Gregory T. Nojeim & Kendall C. Burman (2012, March 28). Information Sharing, Monitoring, and Countermeasures in the Cybersecurity Act, S. 2105, and the SECURE IT Act, S. 2151. Retrieved April 4, 2012, from CDT.
Center for Media and Democracy
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Center for National Security Studies
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Competitive Enterprise Institute
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Consumer Federation of America
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
cyber privacy project
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Democrats.com
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Doctor Patient Medical Association
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Entertainment Consumers Association
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Free Press
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
FreedomWorks
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Less Government
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Liberty Coalition
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Patient Privacy Rights
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Privacy Rights Now Coalition
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
privacy times
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Reporters Without Borders
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
Rutherford Institute
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
TechFreedom
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.
The Constitution Project
GamePolitics & Undersigned organizations (2012, May 15). Center for Democracy & Technology's Open Letter to the Senate on SECURE IT Act. Retrieved July 24, 2012, from Game Politics.

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Contributions by Legislator

Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$0$2,000
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$6,800$104,960
Kelly AyotteRNH$6,150$104,444
John BarrassoRWY$1,500$41,450
Max BaucusDMT$2,500$109,472
Mark BegichDAK$0$195,372
Michael F. BennetDCO$250$317,515
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$0$6,800
Richard BlumenthalDCT$0$92,450
Roy BluntRMO$44,150$207,869
John BoozmanRAR$1,500$60,045
Barbara BoxerDCA$19,850$610,393
Scott P. BrownRMA$32,750$803,644
Sherrod BrownDOH$9,750$646,400
Richard BurrRNC$6,695$80,550
Maria CantwellDWA$1,000$66,255
Ben CardinDMD$750$92,703
Tom CarperDDE$1,500$50,200
Bob CaseyDPA$4,000$175,825
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$9,200$397,848
Daniel CoatsRIN$12,900$66,200
Tom CoburnROK$1,500$114,043
William Thad CochranRMS$1,000$8,800
Susan M. CollinsRME$13,049$136,688
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$1,000$5,000
Christopher A. CoonsDDE$1,100$97,540
Bob CorkerRTN$24,350$161,464
John CornynRTX$12,900$245,640
Mike CrapoRID$0$5,450
Jim DeMintRSC$5,500$319,720
Dick DurbinDIL$2,750$179,961
Mike EnziRWY$0$13,050
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$7,000$47,686
Al FrankenDMN$4,060$801,921
Kirsten E. GillibrandDNY$3,610$801,436
Lindsey GrahamRSC$13,284$57,743
Chuck GrassleyRIA$2,500$101,550
Kay R. HaganDNC$0$301,991
Tom HarkinDIA$1,000$97,903
Orrin G. HatchRUT$6,750$73,100
Dean HellerRNV$12,250$170,887
John HoevenRND$15,000$23,260
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$3,050$46,050
Jim InhofeROK$3,150$84,575
Dan InouyeDHI$200$39,800
Johnny IsaksonRGA$3,000$51,500
Mike JohannsRNE$8,200$26,446
Ron JohnsonRWI$14,350$184,907
Tim JohnsonDSD$0$101,810
John F. KerryDMA$250$54,574
Mark KirkRIL$46,400$355,870
Amy KlobucharDMN$17,150$132,937
Herb KohlDWI$0$0
Jon KylRAZ$1,000$5,750
Mary L. LandrieuDLA$3,400$186,590
Frank R. LautenbergDNJ$250$105,875
Patrick J. LeahyDVT$0$101,150
Mike LeeRUT$2,500$37,317
Carl LevinDMI$2,500$122,003
Joe LiebermanICT$0$3,900
Dick LugarRIN$6,250$43,550
Joe Manchin, IIIDWV$7,500$63,865
John McCainRAZ$14,050$227,743
Claire McCaskillDMO$5,550$369,680
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$23,900$333,208
Bob MenéndezDNJ$500$102,250
Jeff MerkleyDOR$0$285,509
Barbara A. MikulskiDMD$500$51,933
Jerry MoranRKS$3,200$35,800
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$250$5,500
Patty MurrayDWA$2,750$205,114
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$6,000$28,500
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$2,250$201,302
Rand PaulRKY$5,400$289,162
Rob PortmanROH$36,300$204,992
Mark L. PryorDAR$750$46,195
John "Jack" ReedDRI$500$21,250
Harry ReidDNV$8,700$315,997
Jim RischRID$5,750$184,356
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$2,950$124,101
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$1,500$70,950
Marco RubioRFL$11,705$1,037,670
Bernie SandersIVT$0$259,163
Chuck SchumerDNY$2,360$247,070
Jeff SessionsRAL$4,900$69,320
Jeanne ShaheenDNH$0$316,653
Richard C. ShelbyRAL$1,000$23,300
Olympia J. SnoweRME$2,500$51,500
Debbie StabenowDMI$9,800$172,866
Jon TesterDMT$1,000$237,392
John ThuneRSD$15,250$299,543
Patrick J. ToomeyRPA$28,300$1,429,803
Mark UdallDCO$1,500$366,536
Tom UdallDNM$500$267,236
David VitterRLA$7,750$228,826
Mark R. WarnerDVA$1,760$322,426
Jim WebbDVA$1,000$6,450
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$850$81,239
Roger F. WickerRMS$8,000$101,675
Ron WydenDOR$750$81,621

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Daniel K. AkakaDHI$0$2,000
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$6,800$104,960
Kelly AyotteRNH$6,150$104,444
John BarrassoRWY$1,500$41,450
Max BaucusDMT$2,500$109,472
Mark BegichDAK$0$195,372
Michael F. BennetDCO$250$317,515
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$0$6,800
Richard BlumenthalDCT$0$92,450
Roy BluntRMO$44,150$207,869
John BoozmanRAR$1,500$60,045
Barbara BoxerDCA$19,850$610,393
Scott P. BrownRMA$32,750$803,644
Sherrod BrownDOH$9,750$646,400
Richard BurrRNC$6,695$80,550
Maria CantwellDWA$1,000$66,255
Ben CardinDMD$750$92,703
Tom CarperDDE$1,500$50,200
Bob CaseyDPA$4,000$175,825
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$9,200$397,848
Daniel CoatsRIN$12,900$66,200
Tom CoburnROK$1,500$114,043
William Thad CochranRMS$1,000$8,800
Susan M. CollinsRME$13,049$136,688
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$1,000$5,000
Christopher A. CoonsDDE$1,100$97,540
Bob CorkerRTN$24,350$161,464
John CornynRTX$12,900$245,640
Mike CrapoRID$0$5,450
Jim DeMintRSC$5,500$319,720
Dick DurbinDIL$2,750$179,961
Mike EnziRWY$0$13,050
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$7,000$47,686
Al FrankenDMN$4,060$801,921
Kirsten E. GillibrandDNY$3,610$801,436
Lindsey GrahamRSC$13,284$57,743
Chuck GrassleyRIA$2,500$101,550
Kay R. HaganDNC$0$301,991
Tom HarkinDIA$1,000$97,903
Orrin G. HatchRUT$6,750$73,100
Dean HellerRNV$12,250$170,887
John HoevenRND$15,000$23,260
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$3,050$46,050
Jim InhofeROK$3,150$84,575
Dan InouyeDHI$200$39,800
Johnny IsaksonRGA$3,000$51,500
Mike JohannsRNE$8,200$26,446
Ron JohnsonRWI$14,350$184,907
Tim JohnsonDSD$0$101,810
John F. KerryDMA$250$54,574
Mark KirkRIL$46,400$355,870
Amy KlobucharDMN$17,150$132,937
Herb KohlDWI$0$0
Jon KylRAZ$1,000$5,750
Mary L. LandrieuDLA$3,400$186,590
Frank R. LautenbergDNJ$250$105,875
Patrick J. LeahyDVT$0$101,150
Mike LeeRUT$2,500$37,317
Carl LevinDMI$2,500$122,003
Joe LiebermanICT$0$3,900
Dick LugarRIN$6,250$43,550
Joe Manchin, IIIDWV$7,500$63,865
John McCainRAZ$14,050$227,743
Claire McCaskillDMO$5,550$369,680
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$23,900$333,208
Bob MenéndezDNJ$500$102,250
Jeff MerkleyDOR$0$285,509
Barbara A. MikulskiDMD$500$51,933
Jerry MoranRKS$3,200$35,800
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$250$5,500
Patty MurrayDWA$2,750$205,114
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$6,000$28,500
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$2,250$201,302
Rand PaulRKY$5,400$289,162
Rob PortmanROH$36,300$204,992
Mark L. PryorDAR$750$46,195
John "Jack" ReedDRI$500$21,250
Harry ReidDNV$8,700$315,997
Jim RischRID$5,750$184,356
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$2,950$124,101
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$1,500$70,950
Marco RubioRFL$11,705$1,037,670
Bernie SandersIVT$0$259,163
Chuck SchumerDNY$2,360$247,070
Jeff SessionsRAL$4,900$69,320
Jeanne ShaheenDNH$0$316,653
Richard C. ShelbyRAL$1,000$23,300
Olympia J. SnoweRME$2,500$51,500
Debbie StabenowDMI$9,800$172,866
Jon TesterDMT$1,000$237,392
John ThuneRSD$15,250$299,543
Patrick J. ToomeyRPA$28,300$1,429,803
Mark UdallDCO$1,500$366,536
Tom UdallDNM$500$267,236
David VitterRLA$7,750$228,826
Mark R. WarnerDVA$1,760$322,426
Jim WebbDVA$1,000$6,450
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$850$81,239
Roger F. WickerRMS$8,000$101,675
Ron WydenDOR$750$81,621

Interest Groups that supported this bill

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$ Donated
Manufacturing$353,869
Chambers of commerce$274,854

Interest Groups that opposed this bill

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$ Donated
Republican/Conservative$6,919,061
Book, newspaper & periodical publishing$4,768,480
Democratic/Liberal$4,609,344
Health, Education & Human Resources$1,410,557
Museums, art galleries, libraries, etc.$577,535
Communications & Electronics$114,100
Human Rights$45,301
Consumer groups$5,150
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