[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 3776 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3776

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To support United States international cyber diplomacy, 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 Diplomacy Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The stated goal of the United States International 
        Strategy for Cyberspace, launched on May 16, 2011, is to ``work 
        internationally to promote an open, interoperable, secure, and 
        reliable information and communications infrastructure that 
        supports international trade and commerce, strengthens 
        international security, and fosters free expression and 
        innovation * * * in which norms of responsible behavior guide 
        States' actions, sustain partnerships, and support the rule of 
        law in cyberspace.''.
            (2) The Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Developments 
        in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the 
        Context of International Security, established by the United 
        Nations General Assembly, concluded in its June 24, 2013, 
        report ``that State sovereignty and the international norms and 
        principles that flow from it apply to States' conduct of 
        [information and communications technology or ICT] related 
        activities and to their jurisdiction over ICT infrastructure 
        with their territory.''.
            (3) On January 13, 2015, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, 
        Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan proposed a troubling 
        international code of conduct for information security which 
        defines responsible State behavior in cyberspace to include 
        ``curbing the dissemination of information'' and the ``right to 
        independent control of information and communications 
        technology'' when a country's political security is threatened.
            (4) The July 22, 2015, GGE consensus report found that, 
        ``norms of responsible State behavior can reduce risks to 
        international peace, security and stability.''.
            (5) On September 25, 2015, the United States and China 
        announced a commitment ``that neither country's government will 
        conduct or knowingly support cyber-enabled theft of 
        intellectual property, including trade secrets or other 
        confidential business information, with the intent of providing 
        competitive advantages to companies or commercial sectors.''.
            (6) At the Antalya Summit from November 15-16, 2015, the 
        Group of 20 (G20) Leaders' Communique affirmed the 
        applicability of international law to State behavior in 
        cyberspace, called on States to refrain from cyber-enabled 
        theft of intellectual property for commercial gain, and 
        endorsed the view that all States should abide by norms of 
        responsible behavior.
            (7) The March 2016 Department of State International 
        Cyberspace Policy Strategy noted that, ``the Department of 
        State anticipates a continued increase and expansion of our 
        cyber-focused diplomatic efforts for the foreseeable future.''.
            (8) On December 1, 2016, the Commission on Enhancing 
        National Cybersecurity established within the Department of 
        Commerce recommended ``the President should appoint an 
        Ambassador for Cybersecurity to lead U.S. engagement with the 
        international community on cybersecurity strategies, standards, 
        and practices.''.
            (9) The 2017 Group of 7 (G7) Declaration on Responsible 
        States Behavior in Cyberspace recognized on April 11, 2017, 
        ``the urgent necessity of increased international cooperation 
        to promote security and stability in cyberspace * * * 
        consisting of the applicability of existing international law 
        to State behavior in cyberspace, the promotion of voluntary, 
        non-binding norms of responsible State behavior during 
        peacetime'' and reaffirmed ``that the same rights that people 
        have offline must also be protected online.''.
            (10) In testimony before the Select Committee on 
        Intelligence of the Senate on May 11, 2017, the Director of 
        National Intelligence identified six cyber threat actors, 
        including Russia for ``efforts to influence the 2016 US 
        election''; China, for ``actively targeting the US Government, 
        its allies, and US companies for cyber espionage''; Iran for 
        ``leverage[ing] cyber espionage, propaganda, and attacks to 
        support its security priorities, influence events and foreign 
        perceptions, and counter threats''; North Korea for 
        ``previously conduct[ing] cyber-attacks against US commercial 
        entities--specifically, Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014''; 
        terrorists, who ``use the Internet to organize, recruit, spread 
        propaganda, raise funds, collect intelligence, inspire action 
        by followers, and coordinate operations''; and criminals who 
        ``are also developing and using sophisticated cyber tools for a 
        variety of purposes including theft, extortion, and 
        facilitation of other criminal activities''.
            (11) On May 11, 2017, President Trump issued Presidential 
        Executive Order No. 13800 on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of 
        Federal Networks and Infrastructure which designated the 
        Secretary of State to lead an interagency effort to develop 
        strategic options for the President to deter adversaries from 
        cyber threats and an engagement strategy for international 
        cooperation in cybersecurity, noting that ``the United States 
        is especially dependent on a globally secure and resilient 
        internet and must work with allies and other partners'' toward 
        maintaining ``the policy of the executive branch to promote an 
        open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet that fosters 
        efficiency, innovation, communication, and economic prosperity, 
        while respecting privacy and guarding against deception, fraud, 
        and theft.''.

SEC. 3. UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL CYBERSPACE POLICY.

    (a) In General.--Congress declares that it is the policy of the 
United States to work internationally with allies and other partners to 
promote an open, interoperable, reliable, unfettered, and secure 
internet governed by the multistakeholder model which promotes human 
rights, democracy, and rule of law, including freedom of expression, 
innovation, communication, and economic prosperity, while respecting 
privacy and guarding against deception, fraud, and theft.
    (b) Implementation.--In implementing the policy described in 
subsection (a), the President, in consultation with outside actors, 
including technology companies, nongovernmental organizations, security 
researchers, and other relevant stakeholders, shall pursue the 
following objectives in the conduct of bilateral and multilateral 
relations:
            (1) Clarifying the applicability of international laws and 
        norms, including the law of armed conflict, to the use of ICT.
            (2) Clarifying that countries that fall victim to malicious 
        cyber activities have the right to take proportionate 
        countermeasures under international law, provided such measures 
        do not violate a fundamental human right or peremptory norm.
            (3) Reducing and limiting the risk of escalation and 
        retaliation in cyberspace, such as massive denial-of-service 
        attacks, damage to critical infrastructure, or other malicious 
        cyber activity that impairs the use and operation of critical 
        infrastructure that provides services to the public.
            (4) Cooperating with like-minded democratic countries that 
        share common values and cyberspace policies with the United 
        States, including respect for human rights, democracy, and rule 
        of law, to advance such values and policies internationally.
            (5) Securing and implementing commitments on responsible 
        country behavior in cyberspace based upon accepted norms, 
        including the following:
                    (A) Countries should not conduct or knowingly 
                support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, 
                including trade secrets or other confidential business 
                information, with the intent of providing competitive 
                advantages to companies or commercial sectors.
                    (B) Countries should cooperate in developing and 
                applying measures to increase stability and security in 
                the use of ICTs and to prevent ICT practices that are 
                acknowledged to be harmful or that may pose threats to 
                international peace and security.
                    (C) Countries should take all appropriate and 
                reasonable efforts to keep their territories clear of 
                intentionally wrongful acts using ICTs in violation of 
                international commitments.
                    (D) Countries should not conduct or knowingly 
                support ICT activity that, contrary to international 
                law, intentionally damages or otherwise impairs the use 
                and operation of critical infrastructure, and should 
                take appropriate measures to protect their critical 
                infrastructure from ICT threats.
                    (E) Countries should not conduct or knowingly 
                support malicious international activity that, contrary 
                to international law, harms the information systems of 
                authorized emergency response teams (sometimes known as 
                ``computer emergency response teams'' or 
                ``cybersecurity incident response teams'') or related 
                private sector companies of another country.
                    (F) Countries should identify economic drivers and 
                incentives to promote securely-designed ICT products 
                and to develop policy and legal frameworks to promote 
                the development of secure internet architecture.
                    (G) Countries should respond to appropriate 
                requests for assistance to mitigate malicious ICT 
                activity aimed at the critical infrastructure of 
                another country emanating from their territory.
                    (H) Countries should not restrict cross-border data 
                flows or require local storage or processing of data.
                    (I) Countries should protect the exercise of human 
                rights and fundamental freedoms on the Internet and 
                commit to the principle that the human rights that 
                people have offline enjoy the same protections online.

SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF STATE RESPONSIBILITIES.

    (a) Office of Cyber Issues.--Section 1 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(g) Office of Cyber Issues.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established an Office of Cyber 
        Issues (in this subsection referred to as the `Office'). The 
        head of the Office shall have the rank and status of ambassador 
        and be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
        consent of the Senate.
            ``(2) Duties.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The head of the Office shall 
                perform such duties and exercise such powers as the 
                Secretary of State shall prescribe, including 
                implementing the policy of the United States described 
                in section 3 of the Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2017.
                    ``(B) Duties described.--The principal duties of 
                the head of the Office shall be to--
                            ``(i) serve as the principal cyber-policy 
                        official within the senior management of the 
                        Department of State and advisor to the 
                        Secretary of State for cyber issues;
                            ``(ii) lead the Department of State's 
                        diplomatic cyberspace efforts generally, 
                        including relating to international 
                        cybersecurity, internet access, internet 
                        freedom, digital economy, cybercrime, 
                        deterrence and international responses to cyber 
                        threats;
                            ``(iii) promote an open, interoperable, 
                        reliable, unfettered, and secure information 
                        and communications technology infrastructure 
                        globally;
                            ``(iv) represent the Secretary of State in 
                        interagency efforts to develop and advance the 
                        United States international cyberspace policy;
                            ``(v) coordinate within the Department of 
                        State and with other components of the United 
                        States Government cyberspace efforts and other 
                        relevant functions, including countering 
                        terrorists' use of cyberspace; and
                            ``(vi) act as liaison to public and private 
                        sector entities on relevant cyberspace issues.
            ``(3) Qualifications.--The head of the Office should be an 
        individual of demonstrated competency in the field of--
                    ``(A) cybersecurity and other relevant cyber 
                issues; and
                    ``(B) international diplomacy.
            ``(4) Organizational placement.--The head of the Office 
        shall report to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs or 
        official holding a higher position in the Department of State.
            ``(5) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
        be construed as precluding--
                    ``(A) the Office from being elevated to a Bureau of 
                the Department of State; and
                    ``(B) the head of the Office from being elevated to 
                an Assistant Secretary, if such an Assistant Secretary 
                position does not increase the number of Assistant 
                Secretary positions at the Department above the number 
                authorized under subsection (c)(1).''.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Office 
of Cyber Issues established under section 1(g) of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as amended by subsection (a) of this 
section) should be a Bureau of the Department of State headed by an 
Assistant Secretary, subject to the rule of construction specified in 
paragraph (5)(B) of such section 1(g).
    (c) United Nations.--The Permanent Representative of the United 
States to the United Nations shall use the voice, vote, and influence 
of the United States to oppose any measure that is inconsistent with 
the United States international cyberspace policy described in section 
3.

SEC. 5. INTERNATIONAL CYBERSPACE EXECUTIVE ARRANGEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The President is encouraged to enter into 
executive arrangements with foreign governments that support the United 
States international cyberspace policy described in section 3.
    (b) Transmission to Congress.--The text of any executive 
arrangement (including the text of any oral arrangement, which shall be 
reduced to writing) entered into by the United States under subsection 
(a) shall be transmitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate not later than 5 days after such arrangement is signed or 
otherwise agreed to, together with an explanation of such arrangement, 
its purpose, how such arrangement is consistent with the United States 
international cyberspace policy described in section 3, and how such 
arrangement will be implemented.
    (c) Status Report.--Not later than 1 year after the text of an 
executive arrangement is transmitted to Congress pursuant to subsection 
(b) and annually thereafter for 7 years, or until such an arrangement 
has been discontinued, the President shall report to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate on the status of such arrangement, 
including an evidence-based assessment of whether all parties to such 
arrangement have fulfilled their commitments under such arrangement and 
if not, what steps the United States has taken or plans to take to 
ensure all such commitments are fulfilled, whether the stated purpose 
of such arrangement is being achieved, and whether such arrangement 
positively impacts building of cyber norms internationally. Each such 
report shall include metrics to support its findings.
    (d) Existing Executive Arrangements.--Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall satisfy the 
requirements of subsection (c) for the following executive arrangements 
already in effect:
            (1) The arrangement announced between the United States and 
        Japan on April 25, 2014.
            (2) The arrangement announced between the United States and 
        the United Kingdom on January 16, 2015.
            (3) The arrangement announced between the United States and 
        China on September 25, 2015.
            (4) The arrangement announced between the United States and 
        Korea on October 16, 2015.
            (5) The arrangement announced between the United States and 
        Australia on January 19, 2016.
            (6) The arrangement announced between the United States and 
        India on June 7, 2016.
            (7) The arrangement announced between the United States and 
        Argentina on April 27, 2017.
            (8) The arrangement announced between the United States and 
        Kenya on June 22, 2017.
            (9) The arrangement announced between the United States and 
        Israel on June 26, 2017.
            (10) Any other similar bilateral or multilateral 
        arrangement announced before the date of the enactment of this 
        Act.

SEC. 6. INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR CYBERSPACE.

    (a) Strategy Required.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall produce 
a strategy relating to United States international policy with regard 
to cyberspace.
    (b) Elements.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
            (1) A review of actions and activities undertaken to 
        support the United States international cyberspace policy 
        described in section 3.
            (2) A plan of action to guide the diplomacy of the 
        Department of State with regard to foreign countries, including 
        conducting bilateral and multilateral activities to develop the 
        norms of responsible international behavior in cyberspace, and 
        status review of existing efforts in multilateral fora to 
        obtain agreements on international norms in cyberspace.
            (3) A review of alternative concepts with regard to 
        international norms in cyberspace offered by foreign countries.
            (4) A detailed description of new and evolving threats to 
        United States national security in cyberspace from foreign 
        countries, State-sponsored actors, and private actors to 
        Federal and private sector infrastructure of the United States, 
        intellectual property in the United States, and the privacy of 
        citizens of the United States.
            (5) A review of policy tools available to the President to 
        deter and de-escalate tensions with foreign countries, State-
        sponsored actors, and private actors regarding threats in 
        cyberspace, and to what degree such tools have been used and 
        whether or not such tools have been effective.
            (6) A review of resources required to conduct activities to 
        build responsible norms of international cyber behavior.
            (7) A clarification of the applicability of international 
        laws and norms, including the law of armed conflict, to the use 
        of ICT.
            (8) A clarification that countries that fall victim to 
        malicious cyber activities have the right to take proportionate 
        countermeasures under international law, including exercising 
        the right to collective and individual self-defense.
            (9) A plan of action to guide the diplomacy of the 
        Department of State with regard to existing mutual defense 
        agreements, including the inclusion in such agreements of 
        information relating to the applicability of malicious cyber 
        activities in triggering mutual defense obligations.
    (c) Form of Strategy.--
            (1) Public availability.--The strategy required under 
        subsection (a) shall be available to the public in unclassified 
        form, including through publication in the Federal Register.
            (2) Classified annex.--
                    (A) In general.--If the Secretary of State 
                determines that such is appropriate, the strategy 
                required under subsection (a) may include a classified 
                annex consistent with United States national security 
                interests.
                    (B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this 
                subsection may be construed as authorizing the public 
                disclosure of an unclassified annex under subparagraph 
                (A).
    (d) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the production of the 
strategy required under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall 
brief the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on such strategy, 
including any material contained in a classified annex.
    (e) Updates.--The strategy required under subsection (a) shall be 
updated--
            (1) not later than 90 days after there has been any 
        material change to United States policy as described in such 
        strategy; and
            (2) not later than 1 year after each inauguration of a new 
        President.
    (f) Preexisting Requirement.--Upon the production and publication 
of the report required under section 3(c) of the Presidential Executive 
Order No. 13800 on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks 
and Critical Infrastructure on May 11, 2017, such report shall be 
considered as satisfying the requirement under subsection (a) of this 
section.

SEC. 7. ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES.

    (a) Report Relating to Economic Assistance.--Section 116 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h)(1) The report required by subsection (d) shall include an 
assessment of freedom of expression with respect to electronic 
information in each foreign country. Such assessment shall consist of 
the following:
            ``(A) An assessment of the extent to which government 
        authorities in each country inappropriately attempt to filter, 
        censor, or otherwise block or remove nonviolent expression of 
        political or religious opinion or belief via the internet, 
        including electronic mail, as well as a description of the 
        means by which such authorities attempt to block or remove such 
        expression.
            ``(B) An assessment of the extent to which government 
        authorities in each country have persecuted or otherwise 
        punished an individual or group for the nonviolent expression 
        of political, religious, or ideological opinion or belief via 
        the internet, including electronic mail.
            ``(C) An assessment of the extent to which government 
        authorities in each country have sought to inappropriately 
        collect, request, obtain, or disclose personally identifiable 
        information of a person in connection with such person's 
        nonviolent expression of political, religious, or ideological 
        opinion or belief, including expression that would be protected 
        by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
            ``(D) An assessment of the extent to which wire 
        communications and electronic communications are monitored 
        without regard to the principles of privacy, human rights, 
        democracy, and rule of law.
    ``(2) In compiling data and making assessments for the purposes of 
paragraph (1), United States diplomatic personnel shall consult with 
human rights organizations, technology and internet companies, and 
other appropriate nongovernmental organizations.
    ``(3) In this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `electronic communication' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 2510 of title 18, United States 
        Code;
            ``(B) the term `internet' has the meaning given such term 
        in section 231(e)(3) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
        U.S.C. 231(e)(3));
            ``(C) the term `personally identifiable information' means 
        data in a form that identifies a particular person; and
            ``(D) the term `wire communication' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 2510 of title 18, United States Code.''.
    (b) Report Relating to Security Assistance.--Section 502B of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the second subsection (i) (relating to 
        child marriage status) as subsection (j); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k)(1) The report required by subsection (b) shall include an 
assessment of freedom of expression with respect to electronic 
information in each foreign country. Such assessment shall consist of 
the following:
            ``(A) An assessment of the extent to which government 
        authorities in each country inappropriately attempt to filter, 
        censor, or otherwise block or remove nonviolent expression of 
        political or religious opinion or belief via the internet, 
        including electronic mail, as well as a description of the 
        means by which such authorities attempt to block or remove such 
        expression.
            ``(B) An assessment of the extent to which government 
        authorities in each country have persecuted or otherwise 
        punished an individual or group for the nonviolent expression 
        of political, religious, or ideological opinion or belief via 
        the internet, including electronic mail.
            ``(C) An assessment of the extent to which government 
        authorities in each country have sought to inappropriately 
        collect, request, obtain, or disclose personally identifiable 
        information of a person in connection with such person's 
        nonviolent expression of political, religious, or ideological 
        opinion or belief, including expression that would be protected 
        by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
            ``(D) An assessment of the extent to which wire 
        communications and electronic communications are monitored 
        without regard to the principles of privacy, human rights, 
        democracy, and rule of law.
    ``(2) In compiling data and making assessments for the purposes of 
paragraph (1), United States diplomatic personnel shall consult with 
human rights organizations, technology and internet companies, and 
other appropriate nongovernmental organizations.
    ``(3) In this subsection--
            ``(A) the term `electronic communication' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 2510 of title 18, United States 
        Code;
            ``(B) the term `internet' has the meaning given such term 
        in section 231(e)(3) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
        U.S.C. 231(e)(3));
            ``(C) the term `personally identifiable information' means 
        data in a form that identifies a particular person; and
            ``(D) the term `wire communication' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 2510 of title 18, United States Code.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives January 17, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3776

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To support United States international cyber diplomacy, and for other 
                               purposes.