[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5459 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5459

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2016

  Mr. Donovan (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Ratcliffe, and Mr. Payne) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Homeland Security

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cyber Preparedness Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING.

    Title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended--
            (1) in section 210A (6 U.S.C. 124h)--
                    (A) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (6), by inserting 
                        ``cybersecurity risk information,'' after 
                        ``terrorism information,''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (8), by inserting 
                        ``cybersecurity risk information,'' after 
                        ``terrorism information,''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting 
                ``cybersecurity risk information,'' after ``terrorism 
                information,''; and
            (2) in section 227 (6 U.S.C. 148)--
                    (A) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting ``, 
                        including State and major urban area fusion 
                        centers, as appropriate'' before the semicolon 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) in paragraph (7)(C), by inserting 
                        ``and best practices'' after ``defensive 
                        measures''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (9), by inserting ``and 
                        best practices'' after ``defensive measures''; 
                        and
                    (B) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii), by inserting ``and 
                State and major urban area fusion centers, as 
                appropriate'' before the semicolon at the end.

SEC. 3. HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS.

    Subsection (a) of section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 609) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (13) as 
        paragraphs (5) through (14), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(4) enhancing cybersecurity, including preparing for and 
        responding to cybersecurity risks and incidents;''.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that to facilitate the timely 
dissemination to appropriate State, local, and private sector 
stakeholders of homeland security information related to cyber threats, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security should, to the greatest extent 
practicable, work to share actionable information related to cyber 
threats in an unclassified form.
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