[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3241-S3242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1723. Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Sasse) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XVI, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. ASSESSING PRIVATE-PUBLIC COLLABORATION IN 
                   CYBERSECURITY.

       (a) Requirement.--Not later than December 31, 2021, the 
     Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence, 
     shall--
       (1) conduct a comprehensive review and assessment of any 
     ongoing public-private collaborative initiatives involving 
     the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland 
     Security, and the private sector relating to cybersecurity 
     and defense of critical infrastructure, including reviews and 
     assessments of--
       (A) the Pathfinder initiative of the United States Cyber 
     Command and any derivative initiative;
       (B) the Department of Defense's support to and integration 
     with existing Federal cybersecurity centers and 
     organizations; and
       (C) comparable initiatives led by other Federal departments 
     or agencies that support long-term public-private 
     cybersecurity collaboration; and
       (2) develop recommendations for improvements and the 
     requirements and resources necessary to institutionalize and 
     strengthen the programs assessed under paragraph (1).
       (b) Certain Matters Excluded.--The review and assessment 
     under subsection (a) shall not include a review or assessment 
     of any intelligence, intelligence organization, or 
     information derived from intelligence collection, except for 
     declassification and downgrade procedures for the purposes of 
     sharing cyber threat information.
       (c) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than December 31, 2021, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report on the findings of the Secretary with 
     respect to the reviews and assessments conducted under 
     paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and the recommendations 
     developed under paragraph (2) of such subsection.
       (2) Form of report.--The report submitted under paragraph 
     (1) may be submitted in unclassified form or classified form 
     as necessary.
       (3) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--

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       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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