Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110
§681c Voluntary Reporting of Other Cyber Incidents
Title 6 › CHAPTER 1 — HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › SUBCHAPTER XVIII — CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY › Part D — Cyber Incident Reporting › § 681c
Summary
Organizations can choose to report cyber incidents or ransom payments even if the law does not force them to. They can also add extra details to reports they are already required to file. The same rules for handling and protecting required reports also apply to these voluntary reports and extra details.
Full Legal Text
Title 6, §681c
Domestic Security, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)In general
Entities may voluntarily report cyber incidents or ransom payments to the Agency that are not required under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 681b(a) of this title, but may enhance the situational awareness of cyber threats.
(b)Voluntary provision of additional information in required reports
Covered entities may voluntarily include in reports required under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 681b(a) of this title information that is not required to be included, but may enhance the situational awareness of cyber threats.
(c)Application of section 681e of this title
section 681e of this title shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent to reports and information submitted under subsections (a) and (b) as it applies to reports and information submitted under section 681b of this title.
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Amendments
2022—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–263 added subsec. (c) and struck out former subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The protections under section 681e of this title applicable to reports made under section 681b of this title shall apply in the same manner and to the same extent to reports and information submitted under subsections (a) and (b).”
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Citation
6 U.S.C. § 681c
Title 6, Domestic Security
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110