[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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