[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 150 (Wednesday, December 10, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S6481]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION CENTER ACT OF 
                                  2014

  Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 526, S. 2519.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2519) to codify an existing operations center 
     for cybersecurity.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, with an amendment, as follows:
  (Insert the part printed in italic.)

                                S. 2519

       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 ``National Cybersecurity and 
     Communications Integration Center Act of 2014''.

     SEC. 2. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION 
                   CENTER.

       (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title II of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 210G. OPERATIONS CENTER.

       ``(a) Functions.--There is in the Department an operations 
     center, which may carry out the responsibilities of the Under 
     Secretary appointed under section 103(a)(1)(H) with respect 
     to security and resilience, including by--
       ``(1) serving as a Federal civilian information sharing 
     interface for cybersecurity;
       ``(2) providing shared situational awareness to enable 
     real-time, integrated, and operational actions across the 
     Federal Government;
       ``(3) sharing cybersecurity threat, vulnerability, impact, 
     and incident information and analysis by and among Federal, 
     State, and local government entities and private sector 
     entities;
       ``(4) coordinating cybersecurity information sharing 
     throughout the Federal Government;
       ``(5) conducting analysis of cybersecurity risks and 
     incidents;
       ``(6) upon request, providing timely technical assistance 
     to Federal and non-Federal entities with respect to 
     cybersecurity threats and attribution, vulnerability 
     mitigation, and incident response and remediation; and
       ``(7) providing recommendations on security and resilience 
     measures to Federal and non-Federal entities.
       ``(b) Composition.--The operations center shall be composed 
     of--
       ``(1) personnel or other representatives of Federal 
     agencies, including civilian and law enforcement agencies and 
     elements of the intelligence community, as such term is 
     defined under section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 
     1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)); and
       ``(2) representatives from State and local governments and 
     other non-Federal entities, including--
       ``(A) representatives from information sharing and analysis 
     organizations; and
       ``(B) private sector owners and operators of critical 
     information systems.
       ``(c) Annual Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     of enactment of the National Cybersecurity and Communications 
     Integration Center Act of 2014, and every year thereafter for 
     3 years, 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 operations center, which 
     shall include--
       ``(1) an analysis of the performance of the operations 
     center in carrying out the functions under subsection (a);
       ``(2) information on the composition of the center, 
     including--
       ``(A) the number of representatives from non-Federal 
     entities that are participating in the operations center, 
     including the number of representatives from States, 
     nonprofit organizations, and private sector entities, 
     respectively; and
       ``(B) the number of requests from non-Federal entities to 
     participate in the operations center and the response to such 
     requests, including--
       ``(i) the average length of time to fulfill such identified 
     requests by the Federal agency responsible for fulfilling 
     such requests; and
       ``(ii) a description of any obstacles or challenges to 
     fulfilling such requests; and
       ``(3) the policies and procedures established by the 
     operations center to safeguard privacy and civil liberties.
       ``(d) GAO Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of the National Cybersecurity and Communications 
     Integration Center Act of 2014, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States 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 effectiveness of the 
     operations center.
       ``(e) No Right or Benefit.--The provision of assistance or 
     information to, and inclusion in the operations center of, 
     governmental or private entities under this section shall be 
     at the discretion of the Under Secretary appointed under 
     section 103(a)(1)(H). The provision of certain assistance or 
     information to, or inclusion in the operations center of, one 
     governmental or private entity pursuant to this section shall 
     not create a right or benefit, substantive or procedural, to 
     similar assistance or information for any other governmental 
     or private entity.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     (6 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 210F the following:

``Sec. 210G. Operations center.''.

     SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

       (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``critical 
     infrastructure'' has the meaning given that term under 
     section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
     101).
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
     construed to grant the Secretary of Homeland Security any 
     authority to promulgate regulations or set standards relating 
     to the cybersecurity of private sector critical 
     infrastructure that was not in effect on the day before the 
     date of enactment of this Act.

  Mrs. BOXER. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
amendment be withdrawn; the Carper substitute amendment, which is at 
the desk, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time; and 
the Senate proceed to vote on passage of the bill, as amended.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment was withdrawn.
  The amendment (No. 3999) in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the bill having 
been read the third time, the question is, Shall it pass?
  The bill (S. 2519), as amended, was passed.


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  On page S6481, December 10, 2014, in the third column, the 
following language appears: The bill (H.R. 2519), as amended, was 
passed.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: The bill (S. 
2519), as amended, was passed.


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  Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the motion 
to reconsider be made and laid upon the table with no intervening 
action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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