The push to create a post within the White House with budgetary and policy authority to coordinate cybersecurity across the government is alive and well. Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., expects to offer additional amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act when it comes to the floor Monday.
“We're hoping that we'll be voting on it next week,” Langevin said. “The NDAA is going to be on the floor next Monday, Tuesday, I hope to be able to offer the amendment there, I just don't know whether it will be part of a manager's amendment or whether it will be a standalone amendment. Those are things that we're working on right now.”
Langevin is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s panel on intelligence and emerging threats and capabilities. He is also co-chair of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s appointee to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.
He shared his plans for the NDAA, thoughts on recommendations from the Solarium Commission, and a larger vision for U.S. cyber policy in an interview with Nextgov.
Establishing a national cyber director is the top recommendation of the bipartisan, public-private Solarium Commission. Langevin introduced the National Cyber Director Act after the Senate’s NDAA cleared committee without language calling for the position.
“I hope we'll have success getting that bill through the whole NDAA process,” Langevin said. “I'm doing my part on the House side for next week and hopefully we'll be able to offer that as an amendment ..
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