[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1777 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1777
To engage in cybersecurity cooperation with Abraham Accords countries,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 31 (legislative day, May 30), 2023
Ms. Rosen (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Booker, Mr. Lankford, and Mrs.
Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To engage in cybersecurity cooperation with Abraham Accords countries,
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 ``Abraham Accords Cybersecurity
Cooperation Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that the United States should seek to
strengthen cybersecurity collaboration between the Abraham Accords
countries, including by expanding joint cybersecurity training
activities and information-sharing, in order to increase collective
cybersecurity and resilience, address shared cybersecurity threats, and
promote normalization and regional integration efforts.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Abraham accords.--The term ``Abraham Accords'' means--
(A) the Abraham Accords Declaration, done at
Washington, DC, September 15, 2020;
(B) the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement: Treaty of
Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalization
Between the United Arab Emirates and the State of
Israel, done at Washington, DC, September 15, 2020;
(C) the Abraham Accords: Declaration of Peace,
Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly
Relations, done at Washington, DC, September 15, 2020,
between the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain;
and
(D) the Joint Declaration of the Kingdom of
Morocco, the United States, and the State of Israel,
done at Rabat December 22, 2020.
(2) Abraham accords country.--The term ``Abraham Accords
country'' means a country that is a party to the Abraham
Accords.
(3) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate;
(C) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House
of Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives.
(4) Critical infrastructure.--The term ``critical
infrastructure'' has the meaning given the term in section
1016(e) of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2001
(42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)).
(5) Ransomware attack.--The term ``ransomware attack'' has
the meaning given the term in section 2200 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 650).
SEC. 4. CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION WITH ABRAHAM ACCORDS COUNTRIES.
(a) Purpose.--In support of the goals of the Abraham Accords and in
furtherance of the mission of the Department of Homeland Security, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, may engage in activities to strengthen network defense and
cybersecurity collaboration between Abraham Accords countries and the
United States in order to, while protecting human rights and respect
for civil rights, civil liberties, and individual privacy, address
shared cybersecurity threats, including nation state targeting of
critical infrastructure and ransomware attacks.
(b) Activities.--Activities to further the purpose described in
subsection (a), may include--
(1) participating in information sharing with Abraham
Accords countries regarding cybersecurity threats and
incidents;
(2) providing technical assistance to Abraham Accords
countries to coordinate cybersecurity incident response to
cyberattacks, including support to national computer security
incident response teams; and
(3) conducting joint cybersecurity training activities and
other information sharing activities relating to cybersecurity
with Abraham Accords countries, including by--
(A) encouraging participation by Abraham Accords
countries in the National Cyber Exercise Program
established under section 2220B of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 665h); and
(B) conducting an annual table-top cybersecurity
exercise carried out in conjunction with Abraham
Accords countries.
SEC. 5. REPORTS.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and
annually thereafter for 5 years, the Secretary of Homeland Security and
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report and briefing on--
(1) implementation of this Act, including a description of
the progress made toward achieving the goals described in
section 4(a) and any challenges related to implementation; and
(2) plans to expand cybersecurity cooperation with each
Abraham Accords country.
SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify or expand any
existing authority granted to the Secretary of Homeland Security or the
Secretary of State.
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