<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The IoT protection part of this bill is not interesting, but the amendments to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the DMCA are useful for researchers of IoT vulnerabilities<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Feel free to write or call in support.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1691/text" class="">https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1691/text</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Relevant sections:</div><div class=""><p class="lbexIndentParagraph" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 2em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(2) <span style="font-size: 17.6px; text-transform: capitalize;" class="">C</span><span class="lbexSmallText" style="font-size: 12pt;">OMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT</span>.—Section 1030 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—<a id="id11550da01d19476689160abb2b6d40cc" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: underline;" class=""></a></p><p class="lbexIndentSubpar" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 4em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(A) in subsection (j)(2), by adding a period at the end; and</p><a id="id0f76808be0c3400fb9bfc0f3baf4f729" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 32px; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></a><p class="lbexIndentSubpar" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 4em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:</p><p class="lbexIndentClause" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 6em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a id="idad954684032f487da5354c490887294e" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: underline;" class=""></a></p><p class="lbexIndent" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“(k) This section shall not apply to a person who—<a id="idf32f604bb86d42d2953875ef9684bde3" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: underline;" class=""></a></p><p class="lbexIndentParagraph" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 2em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“(1) in good faith, engaged in researching the cybersecurity of an Internet-connected device of the class, model, or type provided by a contractor to a department or agency of the United States; and</p><a id="idb9ff2375e9214cd7ac6f0d900b2780e5" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 32px; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></a><p class="lbexIndentParagraph" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 2em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“(2) acted in compliance with the guidelines required to be issued by the National Protection and Programs Directorate, and adopted by the contractor described in paragraph (1), under section 3(b) of the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017.”.</p><a id="idcd43a709ce214d4285fa815647e65977" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 32px; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></a><p class="lbexIndentParagraph" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 2em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(3) <span style="font-size: 17.6px; text-transform: capitalize;" class="">D</span><span class="lbexSmallText" style="font-size: 12pt;">IGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT</span>.—<a href="http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title17-chapter12-front&num=0&edition=prelim" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139);" class="">Chapter 12</a> of title 17, United States Code, is amended—<a id="id6ad76d3486314b2c958daa0630377690" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: underline;" class=""></a></p><p class="lbexIndentSubpar" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 4em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(A) in section 1203, by adding at the end the following new subsection:</p><p class="lbexIndentClause" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 6em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a id="ide6f75e63f2434690b84482451928843d" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: underline;" class=""></a></p><p class="lbexIndent" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“(d) <span class="lbexSectionLevelOLCnuclear" style="word-spacing: 2pt; letter-spacing: 1pt; font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: capitalize;">Limitation Of Liability</span>.—A person shall not be held liable under this section if the individual—<a id="id5b0224ab29f94572af70ce33e1c5d067" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: underline;" class=""></a></p><p class="lbexIndentParagraph" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 2em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“(1) in good faith, engaged in researching the cybersecurity of an Internet-connected device of the class, model, or type provided by a contractor to a department or agency of the United States; and</p><a id="iddda2ed821406490bb3b393e71e43b900" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 32px; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></a><p class="lbexIndentParagraph" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em 2em; text-indent: 32px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“(2) acted in compliance with the guidelines required to be issued by the National Protection and Programs Directorate, and adopted by the contractor described in paragraph (1), under section 3(b) of the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017.”; and</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><a id="ide5b105c6be014537a40016e3e56c9899" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 32px; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></a></div></body></html>