“Legislation to encourage the U.S. federal government and industry to share cyberthreat information cleared the House Intelligence Committee by an 18-2 vote after being amended to strengthen privacy and civil liberties' protections. At a markup session on April 10, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence adopted three amendments to the Cyber Intelligence and Sharing Protection Act that sponsors assert would strengthen privacy protections and civil liberties by:Requiring the government to establish minimization procedures designed to limit the receipt, retention and use of personally identifiable information not necessary to protect systems or networks from cyberthreats while ensuring the critical cyberthreat information necessary to protect systems can flow quickly.