{"id":31655,"date":"2020-01-08T18:27:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T18:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/08\/is-a-single-cybersecurity-congressional-committee-possible\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:17:12","slug":"is-a-single-cybersecurity-congressional-committee-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/01\/08\/is-a-single-cybersecurity-congressional-committee-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a single cybersecurity congressional committee possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What if a single Congressional committee in each chamber had oversight for cybersecurity issues?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s one of the organizational fixes the bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/dod\/2020\/01\/07\/congressional-commission-wants-more-cyberwarriors-for-the-military\/\" target=_blank>U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission<\/a>, a bipartisan organization created in 2019 to develop a multipronged U.S. cyber strategy, is considering recommending to lawmakers. Such an approach would consolidate the disparate committees with jurisdiction over cyber issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are going to try to talk about consolidating the authorities in the Congress,\u201d Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, co-chair of the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, said at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations Jan. 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A formal report is expected in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King\u2019s co-chair, Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc., also said at the event that there is near unanimity among the lawmakers to fix the problem of congressional oversight of cyber. Today, several committees provide a check and balance on cyber in issues related to the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, the intelligence community, trade and commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King offered a real-life example of how widespread jurisdiction can have implications for achieving strong cyber policy. He explained it took at least three years to pass a non-controversial bill that sought to protect the electric grid from cyberattacks because the legislation went through multiple committees. Finally, the language passed in this year\u2019s annual defense policy bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senator called such a delay unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve made speeches on the floor where I\u2019ve said, look, I don\u2019t want to go home and after a catastrophic cyberattack and say \u2018Well, we knew it was coming and we might have been able to do something about it but, I\u2019m sorry, we had four different committees that had jurisdiction and we just couldn\u2019t do it,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s not going to satisfy my constituents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, King said consolidating cyber oversight will be tricky given that no committee wants to give up jurisdiction. He and Gallagher mentioned the select committees on intelligence in each house of Congress as inspiration given how they were formed. 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