[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 187 (Thursday, November 21, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6762-S6763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1251. Mrs. FISCHER (for Mr. Lankford (for himself and Mr. Peters)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1430, to amend title 5, United 
States Code, to prevent fraud by representative payees; as follows:

       On page 2, line 11, strike ``appointed'' and insert 
     ``designated''.
       On page 2, line 23, strike ``appointed'' and insert 
     ``designated''.
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  SA 1252. Mrs. FISCHER (for Mr. Peters) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 1846, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for 
engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, and 
for other purposes; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``State and Local Government 
     Cybersecurity Act of 2019''.

     SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.

       Subtitle A of title XXII of the Homeland Security Act of 
     2002 (6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 2201 (6 U.S.C. 651)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as 
     paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
       ``(4) Entity.--The term `entity' shall include--
       ``(A) an association, corporation, whether for-profit or 
     nonprofit, partnership, proprietorship, organization, 
     institution, establishment, or individual, whether domestic 
     or foreign;
       ``(B) a governmental agency or other governmental entity, 
     whether domestic or foreign, including State, local, Tribal, 
     and territorial government entities; and
       ``(C) the general public.''; and
       (2) in section 2202 (6 U.S.C. 652)--
       (A) in subsection (c)--
       (i) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (ii) by redesignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12); and
       (iii) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:
       ``(11) carry out the authority of the Secretary under 
     subsection (e)(1)(R); and''; and
       (B) in subsection (e)(1), by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(R) To make grants to and enter into cooperative 
     agreements or contracts with States, local, Tribal, and 
     territorial governments, and other non-Federal entities as 
     the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the 
     responsibilities of the Secretary related to cybersecurity 
     and infrastructure security under this Act and any other 
     provision of law, including grants, cooperative agreements, 
     and contracts that provide assistance and education related 
     to cyber threat indicators, defensive measures and 
     cybersecurity technologies, cybersecurity risks, incidents, 
     analysis, and warnings.''; and
       (3) in section 2209 (6 U.S.C. 659)--
       (A) in subsection (c)(6), by inserting ``operational and'' 
     after ``timely'';
       (B) in subsection (d)(1)(E), by inserting ``, including an 
     entity that collaborates with election officials,'' after 
     ``governments''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(n) Coordination on Cybersecurity for Federal and Non-
     Federal Entities.--
       ``(1) Coordination.--The Center shall, to the extent 
     practicable, and in coordination as appropriate with Federal 
     and non-Federal entities, such as the Multi-State Information 
     Sharing and Analysis Center--
       ``(A) conduct exercises with Federal and non-Federal 
     entities;
       ``(B) provide operational and technical cybersecurity 
     training related to cyber threat indicators, defensive 
     measures, cybersecurity risks, and incidents to Federal and 
     non-Federal entities to address cybersecurity risks or 
     incidents, with or without reimbursement;
       ``(C) assist Federal and non-Federal entities, upon 
     request, in sharing cyber threat indicators, defensive 
     measures, cybersecurity risks, and incidents from and to the

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     Federal Government as well as among Federal and non-Federal 
     entities, in order to increase situational awareness and help 
     prevent incidents;
       ``(D) provide notifications containing specific incident 
     and malware information that may affect them or their 
     customers and residents;
       ``(E) provide and periodically update via a web portal and 
     other means tools, products, resources, policies, guidelines, 
     controls, and other cybersecurity standards and best 
     practices and procedures related to information security;
       ``(F) work with senior Federal and non-Federal officials, 
     including State and local Chief Information Officers, senior 
     election officials, and through national associations, to 
     coordinate a nationwide effort to ensure effective 
     implementation of tools, products, resources, policies, 
     guidelines, controls, and procedures related to information 
     security to secure and ensure the resiliency of Federal and 
     non-Federal information systems and including election 
     systems;
       ``(G) provide, upon request, operational and technical 
     assistance to Federal and non-Federal entities to implement 
     tools, products, resources, policies, guidelines, controls, 
     and procedures on information security, including by, as 
     appropriate, deploying and sustaining cybersecurity 
     technologies, such as an intrusion detection capability, to 
     assist those Federal and non-Federal entities in detecting 
     cybersecurity risks and incidents;
       ``(H) assist Federal and non-Federal entities in developing 
     policies and procedures for coordinating vulnerability 
     disclosures, to the extent practicable, consistent with 
     international and national standards in the information 
     technology industry;
       ``(I) ensure that Federal and non-Federal entities, as 
     appropriate, are made aware of the tools, products, 
     resources, policies, guidelines, controls, and procedures on 
     information security developed by the Department and other 
     appropriate Federal departments and agencies for ensuring the 
     security and resiliency of civilian information systems; and
       ``(J) promote cybersecurity education and awareness through 
     engagements with Federal and non-Federal entities.
       ``(o) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, and every 2 years thereafter, 
     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 status of cybersecurity 
     measures that are in place, and any gaps that exist, in each 
     State and in the largest urban areas of the United States.''.
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  SA 1253. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1294, to require Federal agencies with jurisdiction 
over broadband deployment to enter into an interagency agreement 
related to certain types of funding for broadband deployment; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Broadband Interagency 
     Coordination Act of 2019''.

     SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``covered agency'' means--
       (A) the Federal Communications Commission;
       (B) the Department of Agriculture; and
       (C) the National Telecommunications and Information 
     Administration; and
       (2) the term ``high-cost programs'' means--
       (A) the programs for Universal Service Support for High-
     Cost Areas set forth under subpart D of part 54 of title 47, 
     Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto;
       (B) the Remote Areas Fund set forth under subpart J of part 
     54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
     thereto;
       (C) the Interstate Common Line Support Mechanism for Rate-
     of-Return Carriers set forth under subpart K of part 54 of 
     title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
     thereto;
       (D) the Mobility Fund set forth under subpart L of part 54 
     of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
     thereto; and
       (E) the High Cost Loop Support for Rate-of-Return Carriers 
     program set forth under subpart M of part 54 of title 47, 
     Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto.
       (b) Interagency Agreement.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the heads of the covered 
     agencies shall enter into an interagency agreement requiring 
     coordination between the covered agencies for the 
     distribution of funds for broadband deployment under--
       (1) the high-cost programs;
       (2) the programs administered by the Rural Utilities 
     Service of the Department of Agriculture; and
       (3) the programs administered by the National 
     Telecommunications and Information Administration.
       (c) Requirements.--In entering into an interagency 
     agreement with respect to the programs described in 
     subsection (b), the heads of the covered agencies shall--
       (1) require that the covered agencies share information 
     with each other about existing or planned projects that have 
     received or will receive funds under the programs described 
     in subsection (b) for new broadband deployment;
       (2) provide that--
       (A) subject to subparagraph (B), upon request from another 
     covered agency with authority to award or authorize any funds 
     for new broadband deployment in a project area, a covered 
     agency shall provide the other covered agency with any 
     information the covered agency possesses regarding, with 
     respect to the project area--
       (i) each entity that provides broadband service in the 
     area;
       (ii) levels of broadband service provided in the area, 
     including the speed of broadband service and the technology 
     provided;
       (iii) the geographic scope of broadband service coverage in 
     the area; and
       (iv) each entity that has received or will receive funds 
     under the programs described in subsection (b) to provide 
     broadband service in the area; and
       (B) if a covered agency designates any information provided 
     to another covered agency under subparagraph (A) as 
     confidential, the other covered agency shall protect the 
     confidentiality of that information;
       (3) designate the Federal Communications Commission as the 
     entity primarily responsible for--
       (A) coordinating among the covered agencies; and
       (B) storing or maintaining access to all broadband 
     deployment data;
       (4) consider basing the distribution of funds for broadband 
     deployment under the programs described in subsection (b) on 
     standardized data regarding broadband coverage; and
       (5) provide that the interagency agreement shall be updated 
     periodically, except that the scope of the agreement with 
     respect to the Federal Communications Commission may not 
     expand beyond the high-cost programs.
       (d) Assessment of Agreement.--
       (1) Public comment.--Not later than 1 year after entering 
     into the interagency agreement required under subsection (b), 
     the Federal Communications Commission shall seek public 
     comment on--
       (A) the effectiveness of the interagency agreement in 
     facilitating efficient use of funds for broadband deployment;
       (B) the availability of Tribal, State, and local data 
     regarding broadband deployment and the inclusion of that data 
     in interagency coordination; and
       (C) modifications to the interagency agreement that would 
     improve the efficacy of interagency coordination.
       (2) Assessment; report.--Not later than 18 months after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications 
     Commission shall--
       (A) review and assess the comments received under paragraph 
     (1); and
       (B) submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce of the House of Representatives a report detailing 
     any findings and recommendations from the assessment 
     conducted under subparagraph (A).

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