[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5877 Received in Senate (RDS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5877


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 30, 2016

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the United States-Israel 
   Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 to promote cooperative homeland 
security research and antiterrorism programs relating to cybersecurity, 
                        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 ``United States-Israel Advanced 
Research Partnership Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE HOMELAND SECURITY RESEARCH AND ANTITERRORISM 
              PROGRAMS RELATING TO CYBERSECURITY.

    (a) Homeland Security Act of 2002.--Section 317 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 195c) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraphs:
            ``(3) for international cooperative activities identified 
        in the previous reporting period, a status update on the 
        progress of such activities, including whether goals were 
        realized, explaining any lessons learned, and evaluating 
        overall success; and
            ``(4) a discussion of obstacles encountered in the course 
        of forming, executing, or implementing agreements for 
        international cooperative activities, including administrative, 
        legal, or diplomatic challenges or resource constraints.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections 
        (h) and (i), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(g) Cybersecurity.--As part of the international cooperative 
activities authorized in this section, the Under Secretary, in 
coordination with the Department of State and appropriate Federal 
officials, may enter into cooperative research activities with Israel 
to strengthen preparedness against cyber threats and enhance 
capabilities in cybersecurity.''.
    (b) United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014.--
Subsection (c) of section 7 of the United States-Israel Strategic 
Partnership Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-296; 22 U.S.C. 8606) is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``Pilot'';
            (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``pilot'';
            (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (4) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) cybersecurity.''.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

    No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act or the amendments made by this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 29, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.