I 115TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H R 584 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance preparedness and response capabilities for cyber attacks bolster the dissemination of homeland security information related to cyber threats and for other purposes IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 17 2017 Mr DONOVAN for himself Mr PAYNE Mr MCCAUL and Mr RATCLIFFE introduced the following bill which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance preparedness and response capabilities for cyber attacks bolster the dissemination of homeland security information related to cyber threats and for other purposes 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled 3 SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 4 This Act may be cited as the ''Cyber Preparedness 5 Act of 2017'' VerDate Sep 11 2014 21 15 Jan 26 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H584 IH H584 2 1 SEC 2 INFORMATION SHARING 2 Title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 3 amended-- 4 1 in section 210A 6 U S C 124h -- 5 A in subsection b -- 6 i in paragraph 10 by inserting be- 7 fore the semicolon at the end the following 8 '' including in coordination with the na- 9 tional cybersecurity and communications 10 integration center under section 227 ac- 11 cess to timely technical assistance risk 12 management support and incident re- 13 sponse capabilities with respect to cyber 14 threat indicators defensive measures cy- 15 bersecurity risks and incidents as such 16 terms are defined in such section which 17 may include attribution mitigation and 18 remediation and the provision of informa- 19 tion and recommendations on security and 20 resilience including implications of cyber- 21 security risks to equipment and technology 22 related to the electoral process'' asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 23 ii in paragraph 11 by striking 24 ''and'' after the semicolon 25 iii by redesignating paragraph 12 26 as paragraph 14 and oHR 584 IH VerDate Sep 11 2014 21 15 Jan 26 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H584 IH H584 3 1 iv by inserting after paragraph 11 2 the following new paragraphs 3 '' 12 review information relating to cybersecu- 4 rity risks that is gathered by State local and re- 5 gional fusion centers and incorporate such informa- 6 tion as appropriate into the Department's own in- 7 formation relating to cybersecurity risks 8 '' 13 ensure the dissemination to State local 9 and regional fusion centers of information relating 10 to cybersecurity risks and'' 11 B in subsection c 2 -- 12 i by redesignating subparagraphs 13 C through G as subparagraphs D 14 through H respectively and 15 ii by inserting after subparagraph 16 B the following new subparagraph 17 '' C The national cybersecurity and com- 18 munications integration center under section 19 227 '' 20 C in subsection d -- 21 i in paragraph 3 by striking 22 ''and'' after the semicolon asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 23 ii by redesignating paragraph 4 as 24 paragraph 5 and oHR 584 IH VerDate Sep 11 2014 21 15 Jan 26 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H584 IH H584 4 1 iii by inserting after paragraph 3 2 the following new paragraph 3 '' 4 assist in coordination with the national 4 cybersecurity and communications integration center 5 under section 227 fusion centers in using informa- 6 tion relating to cybersecurity risks to develop a com- 7 prehensive and accurate threat picture and'' and 8 D in subsection j -- 9 i by redesignating paragraphs 1 10 through 5 as paragraphs 2 through 6 11 respectively and 12 ii by inserting before paragraph 2 13 as so redesignated the following new para- 14 graph 15 '' 1 the term 'cybersecurity risk' has the mean- 16 ing given that term in section 227 '' and 17 2 in section 227 6 U S C 148 -- asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 18 A in subsection c -- 19 i in paragraph 5 B by inserting 20 '' including State and major urban area 21 fusion centers as appropriate'' before the 22 semicolon at the end 23 ii in paragraph 7 in the matter 24 preceding subparagraph A by striking 25 ''information and recommendations'' each oHR 584 IH VerDate Sep 11 2014 21 15 Jan 26 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H584 IH H584 5 1 place it appears and inserting ''informa- 2 tion recommendations and best prac- 3 tices'' and 4 iii in paragraph 9 by inserting 5 ''best practices '' after ''defensive meas- 6 ures '' and 7 B in subsection d 1 B ii by insert- 8 ing ''and State and major urban area fusion 9 centers as appropriate'' before the semicolon at 10 11 the end SEC 3 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS 12 Subsection a of section 2008 of the Homeland Secu- 13 rity Act of 2002 6 U S C 609 is amended-- 14 1 by redesignating paragraphs 4 through 15 14 as paragraphs 5 through 15 respectively 16 and 17 asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS 18 2 by inserting after paragraph 3 the following new paragraph 19 '' 4 enhancing cybersecurity including pre- 20 paring for and responding to cybersecurity risks and 21 incidents as such terms are defined in section 227 22 and developing statewide cyber threat information 23 analysis and dissemination activities '' oHR 584 IH VerDate Sep 11 2014 21 15 Jan 26 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H584 IH H584 6 1 SEC 4 SENSE OF CONGRESS 2 It is the sense of Congress that to facilitate the timely 3 dissemination to appropriate State local and private sec4 tor stakeholders of homeland security information related 5 to cyber threats the Secretary of Homeland Security 6 should to the greatest extent practicable work to share 7 actionable information related to cyber threats in an un8 classified form asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS AE oHR 584 IH VerDate Sep 11 2014 21 15 Jan 26 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E BILLS H584 IH H584 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu