IIB 115TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H R 612 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES FEBRUARY 1 2017 Received read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs AN ACT To establish a grant program at the Department of Homeland Security to promote cooperative research and development between the United States and Israel on cybersecurity 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled VerDate Sep 11 2014 02 57 Feb 02 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H612 RFS H612 2 1 SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE 2 This Act may be cited as the ''United States-Israel 3 Cybersecurity Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2017'' 4 SEC 2 UNITED 5 6 CYBERSECURITY a GRANT PROGRAM -- 7 1 ESTABLISHMENT --The Secretary in ac- 8 cordance with the agreement entitled the ''Agree- 9 ment between the Government of the United States 10 of America and the Government of the State of 11 Israel on Cooperation in Science and Technology for 12 Homeland Security Matters'' dated May 29 2008 13 or successor agreement and the requirements 14 specified in paragraph 2 shall establish a grant 15 program at the Department to support-- A cybersecurity research and develop- 17 ment and 18 B demonstration and commercialization 19 of cybersecurity technology 20 2 REQUIREMENTS -- 21 A APPLICABILITY --Notwithstanding any 22 other provision of law in carrying out a re- 23 search development demonstration or com- 24 mercial application program or activity that is 25 authorized under this section the Secretary HR 612 RFS VerDate Sep 11 2014 CO- OPERATION 16 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS STATES-ISRAEL 02 57 Feb 02 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H612 RFS H612 3 1 shall require cost sharing in accordance with 2 this paragraph 3 B RESEARCH 4 i IN GENERAL --Except as provided 5 in clause ii the Secretary shall require 6 not less than 50 percent of the cost of a 7 research development demonstration or 8 commercial application program or activity 9 described in subparagraph A to be pro- 10 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS AND DEVELOPMENT -- vided by a non-Federal source 11 ii REDUCTION --The Secretary may 12 reduce or eliminate on a case-by-case 13 basis the percentage requirement specified 14 in clause i if the Secretary determines 15 that such reduction or elimination is nec- 16 essary and appropriate 17 C MERIT REVIEW --In carrying out a re- 18 search development demonstration or com- 19 mercial application program or activity that is 20 authorized under this section awards shall be 21 made only after an impartial review of the sci- 22 entific and technical merit of the proposals for 23 such awards has been carried out by or for the 24 Department HR 612 RFS VerDate Sep 11 2014 02 57 Feb 02 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H612 RFS H612 4 1 D REVIEW carrying out 2 a review under subparagraph C the Secretary 3 may use merit review processes developed under 4 section 302 14 of the Homeland Security Act 5 of 2002 6 U S C 182 14 6 3 ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS --An applicant shall 7 be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection 8 if the project of such applicant-- 9 A addresses a requirement in the area of 10 cybersecurity research or cybersecurity tech- 11 nology as determined by the Secretary and 12 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS PROCESSES --In B is a joint venture between-- 13 i I a for-profit business entity aca- 14 demic institution National Laboratory as 15 defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy 16 Act of 2005 42 U S C 15801 or non- 17 profit entity in the United States and 18 II a for-profit business entity aca- 19 demic institution or nonprofit entity in 20 Israel or 21 ii I the Federal Government and 22 II the Government of Israel 23 4 APPLICATIONS --To be eligible to receive a 24 grant under this subsection an applicant shall sub- 25 mit to the Secretary an application for such grant HR 612 RFS VerDate Sep 11 2014 02 57 Feb 02 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H612 RFS H612 5 1 in accordance with procedures established by the 2 Secretary in consultation with the advisory board 3 established under paragraph 5 4 5 ADVISORY 5 A 6 ESTABLISHMENT --The 7 i monitor the method by which 8 grants are awarded under this subsection 9 and 10 ii provide to the Secretary periodic 11 performance reviews of actions taken to 12 carry out this subsection 13 B COMPOSITION --The advisory board 14 established under subparagraph A shall be 15 composed of three members to be appointed by 16 the Secretary of whom-- i one shall be a representative of the 18 Federal Government 19 ii one shall be selected from a list of 20 nominees provided by the United States- 21 Israel Binational Science Foundation and 22 iii one shall be selected from a list 23 of nominees provided by the United States- 24 Israel Binational Industrial Research and 25 Development Foundation HR 612 RFS VerDate Sep 11 2014 Secretary shall establish an advisory board to-- 17 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS BOARD -- 02 57 Feb 02 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H612 RFS H612 6 1 6 CONTRIBUTED FUNDS --Notwithstanding 2 any other provision of law the Secretary may accept 3 or retain funds contributed by any person govern- 4 ment entity or organization for purposes of carrying 5 out this subsection Such funds shall be available 6 subject to appropriation without fiscal year limita- 7 tion 8 7 REPORT --Not later than 180 days after 9 the date of completion of a project for which a grant 10 is provided under this subsection the grant recipient 11 shall submit to the Secretary a report that con- 12 tains-- 13 A a description of how the grant funds 14 were used by the recipient and 15 B an evaluation of the level of success of 16 each project funded by the grant 17 8 CLASSIFICATION --Grants shall be awarded 18 under this subsection only for projects that are con- 19 sidered to be unclassified by both the United States 20 and Israel 21 b TERMINATION --The grant program and the ad- 22 visory board established under this section terminate on smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 23 the date that is 7 years after the date of the enactment 24 of this Act HR 612 RFS VerDate Sep 11 2014 02 57 Feb 02 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H612 RFS H612 7 1 c NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED --No addi- 2 tional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements 3 of this Act Such requirements shall be carried out using 4 amounts otherwise authorized 5 d DEFINITIONS --In this section-- 6 1 the term ''cybersecurity research'' means re- 7 search including social science research into ways 8 to identify protect against detect respond to and 9 recover from cybersecurity threats 10 2 the term ''cybersecurity technology'' means 11 technology intended to identify protect against de- 12 tect respond to and recover from cybersecurity 13 threats 14 3 the term ''cybersecurity threat'' has the 15 meaning given such term in section 102 of the Cy- 16 bersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 en- 17 acted as title I of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 di- 18 vision N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act 19 2016 Public Law 114-113 20 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS 21 4 the term ''Department'' means the Department of Homeland Security and HR 612 RFS VerDate Sep 11 2014 02 57 Feb 02 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H612 RFS H612 8 1 5 the term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary 2 of Homeland Security Passed the House of Representatives January 31 2017 smartinez on DSK3GLQ082PROD with BILLS Attest KAREN L HAAS Clerk HR 612 RFS VerDate Sep 11 2014 02 57 Feb 02 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H612 RFS H612 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George 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