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Title 6 — Domestic Security

Part D · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization

§ 681c. Voluntary reporting of other cyber incidents

Statutory text

(a)

In general

Entities may voluntarily report cyber incidents or ransom payments to the Agency that are not required under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 681b(a) of this title, but may enhance the situational awareness of cyber threats.

(b)

Voluntary provision of additional information in required reports

Covered entities may voluntarily include in reports required under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 681b(a) of this title information that is not required to be included, but may enhance the situational awareness of cyber threats.

(c)

Application of section 681e of this title

Section 681e of this title shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent to reports and information submitted under subsections (a) and (b) as it applies to reports and information submitted under section 681b of this title.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Homeland Security Act of 2002

    Pub. L. 107–296 title XXII § 2243 · 116 Stat. 2135

    Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 681c

    Pub. L. 107–296, title XXII, § 2243, as added Pub. L. 117–103, div. Y, § 103(a)(2), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 1049

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 107–296, title XXII, § 2243, as added Pub. L. 117–103, div. Y, § 103(a)(2), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 1049

  2. James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

    Pub. L. 117–263 div. G title LXXI § 7143(e)(1) · 136 Stat. 2395

    1. Added · 6 U.S.C. § 681c(c)

      Pub. L. 117–263 added subsec. (c)

    2. Struck · 6 U.S.C. § 681c(c)

      Pub. L. 117–263 struck out former subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The protections under section 681e of this title applicable to reports made under section 681b of this title shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent to reports and information submitted under subsections (a) and (b).”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–263 added subsec. (c) and struck out former subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The protections under section 681e of this title applicable to reports made under section 681b of this title shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent to reports and information submitted under subsections (a) and (b).”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in section 2243(6 U.S.C. 681c), by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: “(c) Application of Section 2245.— Section 2245 shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent to reports and information submitted under subsections (a) and (b) as it applies to reports and information submitted under section 2242.” ; and

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–263 added subsec. (c) and struck out former subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The protections under section 681e of this title applicable to reports made under section 681b of this title shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent to reports and information submitted under subsections (a) and (b).”

Credits

2022 · 2 acts
  1. 2022Pub. L. 107–296, title XXII, § 2243, as added Pub. L. 117–103, div. Y, § 103(a)(2), , 136 Stat. 1049
  2. 2022amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. G, title LXXI, § 7143(e)(1), , 136 Stat. 3664.
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(Pub. L. 107–296, title XXII, § 2243, as added Pub. L. 117–103, div. Y, § 103(a)(2), , 136 Stat. 1049; amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. G, title LXXI, § 7143(e)(1), , 136 Stat. 3664.)

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