Bipartisan congressional legislation will be introduced to create a national commission on security and technology that addresses the growing concern over encryption technology used by terrorists.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Tex. discussed with reporters  their joint legislative proposal to create a Digital Security Commission. McCaul is the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee; Warner is a member of the Senate’s Select Committee on Intelligence, among other committees.

Neither lawmaker said when the proposal would be introduced, but said the commission, once formed, would work on a tight timeline. McCaul, a former federal prosecutor in cybersecurity and national security in Texas, said a group of experts in security, law enforcement, intelligence and privacy will be named when the legislation creating the commission is introduced.

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