[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 187 (Thursday, November 21, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6762-S6763]
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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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