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Cyber Security Laws

Laws Identified as Having Relevant Cybersecurity Provisions - see Table 2 Page 52


Year Popular Name
6/18/1878 Posse Comitatus Act
7/2/1890 and later Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Wilson Tariff Act
Clayton Act
FTC Act
3/3/1901 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Act
8/13/1912 Radio Act of 1912
6/10/1920 Federal Power Act
2/23/1927 Radio Act of 1927
6/19/1934 Communications Act of 1934
7/26/1947 National Security Act of 1947
1/27/1948 US Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (Smith-Mundt Act)
9/8/1950 Defense Production Act of 1950
8/1/1956 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
10/30/1965 Brooks Automatic Data Processing Act
7/4/1966 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
6/19/1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
10/15/1970 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
10/6/1972 Federal Advisory Committee Act
11/7/1973 War Powers Resolution
12/31/1974 Privacy Act of 1974
10/25/1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA)
10/13/1980 Privacy Protection Act of 1980
10/12/1984 Counterfeit Access Device and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984
10/16/1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986
10/21/1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA)
10/30/1986 Department of Defense Apprpriations Act, 1987
1/8/1988 Computer Security Act of 1987
10/18/1988 Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988
12/9/1991 High Performance Computing Act of 1991
10/25/1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) of 1994
5/25/1995 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
2/8/1996 Telecommunications Act of 1996
2/8/1996 Communications Decency Act of 1996
2/10/1996 Clinger-Cohen Act (Information Technology Reform Act of 1996)
8/21/1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
10/11/1996 Economic Espionage Act of 1996
10/30/1998 Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998
10/5/1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999
10/30/2000 Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
10/26/2001 USA Patriot Act of 2001
7/30/2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
11/25/2002 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA)
11/25/2002 Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA)
11/26/2002 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002
11/27/2002 Cyber Security Research and Development Act, 2002
12/17/2002 E-Government Act of 2002
12/4/2003 Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003
12/16/2003 Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornogrpahy and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act of 2003
7/15/2004 Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act 2004
12/17/2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRPTA)
8/8/2005 Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT)
10/4/2006 Department of Homeland Security Act, 2007
8/5/2007 Protect America Act of 2007
12/19/2007 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA)
7/10/2008 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) Amendments Act of 2008
9/26/2008 Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008
2/17/2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act