118 S1777 IS: Abraham Accords Cybersecurity Cooperation Act of 2023
U.S. Senate
2023-05-31
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1777
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
A BILL
To engage in cybersecurity cooperation with Abraham Accords countries, and for other purposes.
1.

Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Abraham Accords Cybersecurity Cooperation Act of 2023”.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.