[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[S. 2520 Referred in House (RFH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2520


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2022

             Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for engagements 
 with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, 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 ``State and Local Government 
Cybersecurity Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.

    Subtitle A of title XXII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 2201 (6 U.S.C. 651), by adding at the end 
        the following:
            ``(7) SLTT entity.--The term `SLTT entity' means a domestic 
        government entity that is a State government, local government, 
        Tribal government, territorial government, or any subdivision 
        thereof.''; and
            (2) in section 2209 (6 U.S.C. 659)--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(6), by inserting 
                ``operational and'' before ``timely'';
                    (B) in subsection (d)(1)(E), by inserting ``, 
                including an entity that collaborates with election 
                officials,'' after ``governments''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) Coordination on Cybersecurity for SLTT Entities.--
            ``(1) Coordination.--The Center shall, upon request and to 
        the extent practicable, and in coordination as appropriate with 
        Federal and non-Federal entities, such as the Multi-State 
        Information Sharing and Analysis Center--
                    ``(A) conduct exercises with SLTT entities;
                    ``(B) provide operational and technical 
                cybersecurity training to SLTT entities to address 
                cybersecurity risks or incidents, with or without 
                reimbursement, related to--
                            ``(i) cyber threat indicators;
                            ``(ii) defensive measures;
                            ``(iii) cybersecurity risks;
                            ``(iv) vulnerabilities; and
                            ``(v) incident response and management;
                    ``(C) in order to increase situational awareness 
                and help prevent incidents, assist SLTT entities in 
                sharing, in real time, with the Federal Government as 
                well as among SLTT entities, actionable--
                            ``(i) cyber threat indicators;
                            ``(ii) defensive measures;
                            ``(iii) information about cybersecurity 
                        risks; and
                            ``(iv) information about incidents;
                    ``(D) provide SLTT entities notifications 
                containing specific incident and malware information 
                that may affect them or their residents;
                    ``(E) provide to, and periodically update, SLTT 
                entities via an easily accessible platform and other 
                means--
                            ``(i) information about tools;
                            ``(ii) information about products;
                            ``(iii) resources;
                            ``(iv) policies;
                            ``(v) guidelines;
                            ``(vi) controls; and
                            ``(vii) other cybersecurity standards and 
                        best practices and procedures related to 
                        information security, including, as 
                        appropriate, information produced by other 
                        Federal agencies;
                    ``(F) work with senior SLTT entity officials, 
                including chief information officers and senior 
                election officials and through national associations, 
                to coordinate the effective implementation by SLTT 
                entities of tools, products, resources, policies, 
                guidelines, controls, and procedures related to 
                information security to secure the information systems, 
                including election systems, of SLTT entities;
                    ``(G) provide operational and technical assistance 
                to SLTT entities to implement tools, products, 
                resources, policies, guidelines, controls, and 
                procedures on information security;
                    ``(H) assist SLTT entities in developing policies 
                and procedures for coordinating vulnerability 
                disclosures consistent with international and national 
                standards in the information technology industry; and
                    ``(I) promote cybersecurity education and awareness 
                through engagements with Federal agencies and non-
                Federal entities.
    ``(q) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this subsection, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives a report on the services and 


              

capabilities that the Agency directly and indirectly provides to SLTT 
entities.''.

            Passed the Senate January 11 (legislative day, January 10), 
      2022.

            Attest:

                                            SONCERIA ANN BERRY,

                                                             Secretary.