S. 2151 - SECURE IT

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) 
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SECURE IT

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. (CR S1201-1202)
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

Total contributions given to Senators from Consumer groups, which…

opposed this bill

Consumer groups$750
$750

2 Organizations Supported and 31 Opposed; See Which Ones

Organizations that took a position on
SECURE IT

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.

31 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 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.
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
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 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.
Defending Dissent 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.
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
Dan Auerbach and Lee Tien (2012, March 20). Dangerously Vague Cybersecurity Legislation Threatens Civil Liberties. Retrieved April 4, 2012, from Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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 Action Fund
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.
OpenTheGovernment.org
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 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.
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 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.
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.
The 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.
The 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.

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Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 112th U.S. Congress, from Consumer groups interest groups, January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2012.
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org

Contributions by Legislator

NamePartyStatesort icon$ From Interest Groups
That Supported
$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Mark BegichDAK$0$0
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$0$0
Jeff SessionsRAL$0$0
Richard ShelbyRAL$0$0
John BoozmanRAR$0$0
Mark PryorDAR$0$0
Jon KylRAZ$0$0
John McCainRAZ$0$0
Barbara BoxerDCA$0$0
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$0$0
Michael BennetDCO$0$0
Mark UdallDCO$0$0
Richard BlumenthalDCT$0$0
Joe LiebermanICT$0$0
Tom CarperDDE$0$0
Chris CoonsDDE$0$0
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$0$0
Marco RubioRFL$0$0
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$0$0
Johnny IsaksonRGA$0$0
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$0$0
Dan InouyeDHI$0$0
Chuck GrassleyRIA$0$0
Tom HarkinDIA$0$0
Mike CrapoRID$0$0
Jim RischRID$0$0
Dick DurbinDIL$0$0
Mark KirkRIL$0$0
Daniel CoatsRIN$0$0
Dick LugarRIN$0$0
Jerry MoranRKS$0$0
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$0$0
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$0$0
Rand PaulRKY$0$0
Mary LandrieuDLA$0$0
David VitterRLA$0$0
Scott BrownRMA$0$0
John KerryDMA$0$0
Ben CardinDMD$0$0
Barbara MikulskiDMD$0$0
Susan CollinsRME$0$0
Olympia SnoweRME$0$0
Carl LevinDMI$0$0
Debbie StabenowDMI$0$250
Alan FrankenDMN$0$0
Amy KlobucharDMN$0$0
Roy BluntRMO$0$0
Claire McCaskillDMO$0$0
William Thad CochranRMS$0$0
Roger WickerRMS$0$0
Max BaucusDMT$0$0
Jon TesterDMT$0$0
Richard BurrRNC$0$0
Kay HaganDNC$0$0
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$0
John HoevenRND$0$0
Mike JohannsRNE$0$0
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$0$0
Kelly AyotteRNH$0$0
Jeanne ShaheenDNH$0$0
Frank LautenbergDNJ$0$0
Bob MenéndezDNJ$0$0
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$0$0
Tom UdallDNM$0$0
Dean HellerRNV$0$0
Harry ReidDNV$0$0
Kirsten GillibrandDNY$0$0
Chuck SchumerDNY$0$0
Sherrod BrownDOH$0$0
Rob PortmanROH$0$0
Tom CoburnROK$0$0
Jim InhofeROK$0$0
Jeff MerkleyDOR$0$0
Ron WydenDOR$0$0
Bob CaseyDPA$0$500
Patrick ToomeyRPA$0$0
John "Jack" ReedDRI$0$0
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$0$0
Jim DeMintRSC$0$0
Lindsey GrahamRSC$0$0
Tim JohnsonDSD$0$0
John ThuneRSD$0$0
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$0$0
Bob CorkerRTN$0$0
John CornynRTX$0$0
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$0$0
Orrin HatchRUT$0$0
Mike LeeRUT$0$0
Mark WarnerDVA$0$0
Jim WebbDVA$0$0
Patrick LeahyDVT$0$0
Bernie SandersIVT$0$0
Maria CantwellDWA$0$0
Patty MurrayDWA$0$0
Ron JohnsonRWI$0$0
Herb KohlDWI$0$0
Joe ManchinDWV$0$0
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$0$0
John BarrassoRWY$0$0
Mike EnziRWY$0$0

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NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported
$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$0$2,000
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$4,500$162,693
Kelly AyotteRNH$5,150$147,111
John BarrassoRWY$1,500$47,250
Max BaucusDMT$2,500$200,946
Mark BegichDAK$0$358,115
Michael BennetDCO$250$378,553
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$0$6,800
Richard BlumenthalDCT$0$93,050
Roy BluntRMO$42,450$297,661
John BoozmanRAR$3,900$98,145
Barbara BoxerDCA$18,850$913,440
Scott BrownRMA$21,500$927,746
Sherrod BrownDOH$4,750$503,664
Richard BurrRNC$5,945$88,200
Maria CantwellDWA$1,000$140,733
Ben CardinDMD$750$92,503
Tom CarperDDE$1,500$44,800
Bob CaseyDPA$5,500$236,739
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$6,200$574,898
Daniel CoatsRIN$8,000$115,600
Tom CoburnROK$500$151,893
William Thad CochranRMS$0$17,950
Susan CollinsRME$8,200$226,671
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$0
Chris CoonsDDE$1,100$64,700
Bob CorkerRTN$21,250$186,264
John CornynRTX$9,350$518,822
Mike CrapoRID$0$4,450
Jim DeMintRSC$7,400$399,920
Dick DurbinDIL$1,750$279,495
Mike EnziRWY$0$13,300
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$1,000$38,214
Alan FrankenDMN$910$1,349,174
Kirsten GillibrandDNY$1,610$909,226
Lindsey GrahamRSC$12,884$75,085
Chuck GrassleyRIA$2,000$117,050
Kay HaganDNC$0$1,867,803
Tom HarkinDIA$1,000$164,503
Orrin HatchRUT$1,750$63,750
Dean HellerRNV$6,250$189,437
John HoevenRND$8,000$32,060
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$2,800$98,700
Jim InhofeROK$3,150$181,775
Dan InouyeDHI$200$34,800
Johnny IsaksonRGA$3,000$72,200
Mike JohannsRNE$7,200$77,546
Ron JohnsonRWI$5,500$246,903
Tim JohnsonDSD$0$306,669
John KerryDMA$0$343,210
Mark KirkRIL$44,362$449,045
Amy KlobucharDMN$0$151,587
Herb KohlDWI$0$0
Jon KylRAZ$0$-5,000
Mary LandrieuDLA$1,900$281,496
Frank LautenbergDNJ$250$410,800
Patrick LeahyDVT$0$122,525
Mike LeeRUT$4,400$54,096
Carl LevinDMI$2,500$218,389
Joe LiebermanICT$0$5,800
Dick LugarRIN$4,250$41,300
Joe ManchinDWV$7,500$62,815
John McCainRAZ$14,050$284,673
Claire McCaskillDMO$3,150$383,257
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$20,400$579,683
Bob MenéndezDNJ$500$104,600
Jeff MerkleyDOR$0$564,231
Barbara MikulskiDMD$500$39,087
Jerry MoranRKS$3,200$53,850
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$0$12,900
Patty MurrayDWA$1,750$244,877
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$6,000$31,150
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$2,250$201,042
Rand PaulRKY$7,800$319,164
Rob PortmanROH$25,600$287,047
Mark PryorDAR$750$72,895
John "Jack" ReedDRI$500$64,900
Harry ReidDNV$8,700$396,944
Jim RischRID$5,000$235,459
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$2,950$195,901
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$1,500$104,150
Marco RubioRFL$5,905$899,836
Bernie SandersIVT$0$290,613
Chuck SchumerDNY$1,360$275,850
Jeff SessionsRAL$4,900$105,420
Jeanne ShaheenDNH$0$605,965
Richard ShelbyRAL$0$29,950
Olympia SnoweRME$2,500$48,050
Debbie StabenowDMI$8,050$193,832
Jon TesterDMT$1,250$270,867
John ThuneRSD$14,700$418,592
Patrick ToomeyRPA$20,150$1,186,415
Mark UdallDCO$1,500$635,568
Tom UdallDNM$500$582,170
David VitterRLA$7,750$284,900
Mark WarnerDVA$1,550$1,427,859
Jim WebbDVA$1,000$26,600
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$850$78,689
Roger WickerRMS$8,300$163,175
Ron WydenDOR$500$92,021

Interest Groups that supported this bill

$ Donated
Chambers of commerce$259,644
Manufacturing$231,932

Interest Groups that opposed this bill

$ Donated
Democratic/Liberal$11,495,677
Republican/Conservative$8,874,394
Book, newspaper & periodical publishing$4,365,694
Health, Education & Human Resources$1,642,511
Museums, art galleries, libraries, etc.$438,976
Communications & Electronics$187,850
Human Rights$41,400
Consumer groups$750
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