[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2488 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2488

   To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on potential 
benefits and impact to the United States of establishing a joint United 
           States-Israel cybersecurity center of excellence.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2019

 Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Weber of 
 Texas, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, and Mr. Higgins of New York) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on potential 
benefits and impact to the United States of establishing a joint United 
           States-Israel cybersecurity center of excellence.

    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 ``U.S.-Israel Cybersecurity Center of 
Excellence Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND IMPACT TO THE UNITED STATES OF 
              ESTABLISHING A JOINT UNITED STATES-ISRAEL CYBERSECURITY 
              CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.

    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report examining the potential benefits and 
impact to the United States of establishing a joint United States-
Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence based in the United States 
and Israel to leverage the experience, knowledge, and expertise of 
institutions of higher education (as such term is defined in subsection 
(a) or (b) of section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001)), private sector entities, and government entities in the 
area of cybersecurity and protection of critical infrastructure (as 
such term is defined in subsection (e) of section 1016 of the Critical 
Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c; enacted in 
title X of the USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law 107-56)).
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