Two more cybersecurity bills approved in House

The House approved two, non-controversial cybersecurity bills under a suspension of House rules.

The first was the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (HR 2096). The bill would coordinate federal research and development on cybersecurity, and establish a program for training federal cybersecurity experts. The bill also authorizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology to set security standards for federal computer systems. The second was the Advancing America's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act (HR 3834). This bill would update and modernize the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991, which established what is now a $4 billion federal research program on computing and networking systems.