[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 125 (Tuesday, August 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S6301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2555. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 754, to improve cybersecurity in the United 
States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity 
threats, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ENHANCEMENT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.

       (a) Collection of Data.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, acting through the National Cybersecurity and 
     Communications Integration Center, in coordination with 
     appropriate entities and the Director for Emergency 
     Communications, shall establish a process by which a 
     Statewide Interoperability Coordinator may report data on any 
     cybersecurity risk or incident involving any information 
     system or network used by emergency response providers (as 
     defined in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
     U.S.C. 101)) within the State.
       (b) Analysis of Data.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
     acting through the Director of the National Cybersecurity and 
     Communications Integration Center, in coordination with 
     appropriate entities and the Director for Emergency 
     Communications, and in consultation with the Director of the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall conduct 
     integration and analysis of the data reported under 
     subsection (a) to develop information and recommendations on 
     security and resilience measures for any information system 
     or network used by State emergency response providers.
       (c) Best Practices.--
       (1) In general.--Using the results of the integration and 
     analysis conducted under subsection (b), and any other 
     relevant information, the Director of the National Institute 
     of Standards and Technology shall, on an ongoing basis, 
     facilitate and support the development of methods for 
     reducing cybersecurity risks to emergency response providers 
     using the process described in section 2(e) of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272(e)).
       (2) Report.--The Director of the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology shall submit a report to Congress on 
     the methods developed under paragraph (1) and shall make such 
     report publically available on the website of the National 
     Institute of Standards and Technology.
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