“By creating five-year terms for CISA’s director, the CISA Leadership Act ensures that this critical agency is a step removed from the day-to-day politics of Washington,” said Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), a co-sponsor. The bill is also sponsored by other high-profile House lawmakers, including House Homeland Security Committee chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.); Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.), the top Republican on the committee; and the top Democrat and Republican on the committee’s cybersecurity panel.
