Orrin Hatch: “I rise to comment on the passage of H.R. 3394, the Cyber Security and Research Development Act. I want to specifically…”

“I rise to comment on the passage of H.R. 3394, the Cyber Security and Research Development Act. I want to specifically congratulate and thank Senators Allen and Wyden for proposing this measure and for working with me to address a few concerns I had relating to ensuring appropriate national security protections. This important legislation authorizes computer and network security research and development and research fellowships through the National Science Foundation and the Secretary of Commerce for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This legislation is an important step in protecting our country's computer infrastructure, and will quickly bear fruit by increasing research and development in this critical area. Our country's computer infrastructure is critical to our nation's homeland defense. This measure is a much needed effort to improve our research and development efforts in this area by enlisting and bolstering research by our universities, colleges, and research entities. At the same time, I wanted to ensure that access to such critical cyber-research information is appropriately tailored to ensure that our national security interests are protected.”