CISPA Cybersecurity Bill Will Resurface This Year

A congressman behind the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) has confirmed his commitment to reintroducing the bill in the House of Representatives this year.

One of CISPA's authors, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), told The Hill that he and co-author Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) are working with the White House to rid the specter of a veto before re-introducing the bill.

"We're working on some things ... working with the White House to make sure that hopefully they can be more supportive of our bill than they were the last time," Ruppersberger told The Hill.

CISPA passed in the House last year under threat of veto from Obama. However, the Senate, which was deba…
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