[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1899. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III of division B, add the following:

     SEC. 2309. COMPUTING ENCLAVE PILOT PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Director, in consultation with the 
     Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology and the Secretary of Energy, shall continue and 
     expand a pilot program to ensure the security of federally 
     supported research data and to assist regional institutions 
     of higher education and their researchers regarding the 
     safeguarding of sensitive information.
       (b) Structure.--In carrying out the pilot program described 
     in subsection (a), the Director shall select not less than 3 
     and not more than 5 institutions of higher education from 
     among institutions classified under the Indiana University 
     Center for Postsecondary Research Carnegie Classification as 
     a doctorate-granting university with a very high level of 
     research activity, and with a history of working with secure 
     information, for the development, installation, maintenance, 
     or sustainment of secure computing enclaves.
       (c) Regionalization.--
       (1) In general.--In selecting institutions of higher 
     education under subsection (b), the Director shall give 
     preference to institutions of higher education with the 
     capability of serving other regional institutions of higher 
     education.
       (2) Geographic diversity.--The Director shall ensure that 
     institutions of higher education selected under subsection 
     (b) are geographically dispersed to better meet the needs of 
     regional interests.
       (d) Program Elements.--The Director shall work with 
     institutions of higher education selected under subsection 
     (b) to--
       (1) develop an approved design blueprint for compliance 
     with Federal data protection protocols;
       (2) develop a comprehensive list, or a bill of materials, 
     of each binary component of the software, firmware, or 
     product that is required to deploy additional secure 
     computing enclaves;
       (3) develop templates for all policies and procedures 
     required to operate the secure computing enclave in a 
     research setting;
       (4) develop a system security plan template; and
       (5) develop a process for managing a plan of action and 
     milestones for the secure computing enclave.
       (e) Duration.--The pilot program described in subsection 
     (a) shall operate for not less than 3 years.
       (f) Report.--
       (1) In general.--The Director shall report to Congress not 
     later than 6 months after the completion of the pilot program 
     described in subsection (a).
       (2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include--
       (A) an assessment of the pilot program described in 
     subsection (a), including an assessment of the security 
     benefits provided by such secure computing enclaves;
       (B) recommendations related to the value of expanding the 
     network of secure computing enclaves; and
       (C) recommendations on the efficacy of the use of secure 
     computing enclaves by other Federal agencies in a broader 
     effort to expand security of Federal research.
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