Members of the House said on Tuesday that they will modify the language of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in a nod to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which has expressed strong opposition to the bill’s language thus far.

CISPA proposes a new system where the federal government has the authority to share information about Internet-based threats to corporations, and vice versa. However, as the language is currently written, information is defined so broadly so that "any other provision of law" cannot supersede it.

As Ars concluded last week: "CISPA is a solution in search of a problem. And it threatens to undermine important privacy protections."

According to The Hill, the two Congressmen behind CISPA are set to offer amendments on the floor of the House this week to address concerns of the privacy groups including the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT).

Specifically, the proposed amendments will add limits as to how the government can use what it collects, and under what conditions.

"The changes would also narrow the definition of 'cyber threat information' and would bar the federal government from retaining or using information beyond the explicit purposes of the bill," reported The Hill on Tuesday evening. "Another amendment would restrict the scope of the liability protections for companies that turn over data to the government."

But the ACLU is still not satisfied with these changes.

"The companies still aren't required to even make an effort to take out sensitive and personal information before sharing cybersecurity data with the government," the ACLU's Richardson told The Hill. "The amendments also still allow this information to be sent directly to the National Security Agency and other military offices instead of keeping civilians in control of Americans' Internet info. The use limitations, while amended, still allow the government to use what it collects for undefined 'national security' purposes."

In a statement published on its website on Tuesday, the CDT said that "good progress has been made," and that the organization would "not oppose the process moving forward in the House."

"However, the bill falls short because of the remaining concerns—the flow of Internet data directly to the NSA and the use of information for purposes unrelated to cybersecurity," the group concluded.

UPDATE: In an e-mail sent to Ars on Wednesday morning, Rebecca Jeschke, the EFF's spokesperson, said the group has looked at the Rogers amendment package, dismissing it as "a bandaid that does little to prevent widespread monitoring of sensitive communications and the unredacted transfer of sensitive personal information to the government. We are still looking at the other amendments."