Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014
The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 was signed into federal law by President Barack Obama on December 18, 2014. Passed as a response to the increasing amount of cyber attacks on the federal government, it amended existing laws to enable the federal government to better respond to cyber attacks on departments and agencies.
An earlier version of the legislation was proposed by House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa and co-sponsored by the Committee's Ranking Member Elijah Cummings as H.R.1163 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013. The bill was passed the U.S. House of Representatives on a vote of 416–0.
The final version of the legislation was introduced to the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs by Thomas Carper on June 24, 2014 and passed December 8, 2014 in the Senate and December 10, 2014 in the House.
