Bipartisanship may have reared its pretty head again in the form of a draft outline of a bill by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. draft outline makes it fairly clear that government won’t regulate critical infrastructure owners. Whitehouse-Kyl plan would have government and business develop voluntary baseline performance goals that critical infrastructure providers can use to self-certify themselves and receive a cybersecurity protection program certificate that entitles them to liability protection. The draft outline would give Congress veto power over any DHS critical infrastructure designation.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/breaking-cybersec-legislation-deadlock-p-1300