The "Women and media" section, being one of the 12 critical areas of concern in the Beijing Platform for Action, clearly recognised the potential of the media to make far greater contribution to the advancement of women.
The most significant revision made to the legislation was the removal of a regulatory section, opposed by Republicans, that would have required companies operating critical infrastructure to meet basic cybersecurity standards established by the Homeland Security Department.
Section 249 authorizes the President to declare a state of cyber emergency if critical infrastructure (CI) is deemed to be in serious jeopardy of a network-based attack and institute emergency measures to protect it.