S.Amdt. 2633

SA 2633. Ms. SNOWE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 3414, to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 150, strike line 24 and all that follows through page 151, line 8, and insert the following: Congress reports--

(1) on available technical options, consistent with constitutional and statutory privacy rights, for enhancing the security of the information networks of entities that own or manage critical infrastructure through--

(A) technical improvements, including developing a secure domain; or

(B) increased notice of and consent to the use of technologies to scan for, detect, and defeat cyber security threats, such as technologies used in a secure domain; and

(2) providing an evaluation of the effort to implement the Domain Name System Security Extensions by owners and operators of critical infrastructure and Internet service providers, which shall--

(A) identify challenges hampering implementation; and

(B) provide proposals--

(i) to resolve any challenges identified under subparagraph (A); and

(ii) regarding how owners and operators of critical infrastructure and Internet service providers can streamline implementation of Domain Name System Security Extensions.