3.0.0 3712 2023-01-11T13:42:41Z 2023-01-11T13:42:41Z Senate S 2020-05-13 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Markup by 2020-05-20T14:00:02Z Referred to 2020-05-13T19:28:26Z HACKED Act 116 8634 HR 2020-10-20 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2020-05-20 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. Committee 2020-05-13 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2020-05-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2020-05-13 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2020-05-13 True Science, Technology, Communications Science, Technology, Communications 00 2020-05-13 Introduced in Senate 2020-06-18T13:47:17Z Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 or the Cyber Leap Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish national cybersecurity grand challenges to achieve high-priority breakthroughs in cybersecurity.

These challenges will offer cash and noncash prizes to winners and shall include competitions that encompass

  • building more resilient systems that raise adversary costs of carrying out common cyberattacks,
  • empowering people with a sufficient level of digital literacy to make safe and secure decisions online and developing a cybersecurity workforce to protect and maintain information systems,
  • advancing cybersecurity efforts in response to emerging technologies,
  • maintaining usability while improving the security and safety of individuals' online activity, and
  • reducing cybersecurity risks to federal networks and systems and improving the response of federal agencies to cybersecurity incidents.

Commerce must designate an advisory council to seek recommendations for the scope of the challenges and for metrics to assess submissions for prizes.

]]> Cyber Leap Act of 2020 Display Title Cyber Leap Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Cyber Leap Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish national cybersecurity grand challenges, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3712is/xml/BILLS-116s3712is.xml 2020-05-20 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.