A bill to ensure the continued free flow of commerce within the United States and with its global trading partners through secure cyber communications, to provide for the continued development and exploitation of the Internet and intranet communications for such purposes, to provide for the development of a cadre of information technology specialists to improve and maintain effective cybersecurity defenses against disruption, and for other purposes.

Overview Sponsor: Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]show cosponsors (3) Cosponsors: Evan Bayh [D-IN] Bill Nelson [D-FL] Olympia Snowe [R-ME] Text: Summary | Full Text Status: Introduced Apr 1, 2009 Referred to Committee View Committee Assignments Reported by Committee ... Senate Vote ... House Vote ... Signed by President ... This bill is in the first step in the legislative process. Introduced bills and resolutions first go to committees that deliberate, investigate, and revise them before they go to general debate. The majority of bills and resolutions never make it out of committee. [Last Updated: Nov 14, 2009 8:19AM] Last Action: Apr 1, 2009: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related: See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms that have been applied to this bill. Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned.

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|quote=Cybersecurity Act of 2009
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