[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 191 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7557-S7560]
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SA 4112. Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sasse, Ms. Rosen, and
Ms. Hassan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment
SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill
H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 end, add the following:
DIVISION E--DEFENSE OF UNITED STATES INFRASTRUCTURE
SEC. 5001. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the ``Defense of United
States Infrastructure Act of 2021''.
SEC. 5002. DEFINITIONS.
In this division:
(1) Critical infrastructure.--The term ``critical
infrastructure'' has the meaning given such term in section
1016(e) of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2001
(42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)).
(2) Cybersecurity risk.--The term ``cybersecurity risk''
has the meaning given such term in section 2209 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 659).
(3) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the
Department of Homeland Security.
(4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Homeland Security.
TITLE LI--INVESTING IN CYBER RESILIENCY IN CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SEC. 5101. NATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT CYCLE.
(a) Amendments.--Subtitle A of title XXII of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 2202(c) (6 U.S.C. 652(c))--
(A) in paragraph (11), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(B) in the first paragraph designated as paragraph (12),
relating to the Cybersecurity State Coordinator--
(i) by striking ``section 2215'' and inserting ``section
2217''; and
(ii) by striking ``and'' at the end; and
(C) by redesignating the second and third paragraphs
designated as paragraph (12) as paragraphs (13) and (14),
respectively;
(2) by redesignating section 2217 (6 U.S.C. 665f) as
section 2220;
(3) by redesignating section 2216 (6 U.S.C. 665e) as
section 2219;
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(4) by redesignating the fourth section 2215 (relating to
Sector Risk Management Agencies) (6 U.S.C. 665d) as section
2218;
(5) by redesignating the third section 2215 (relating to
the Cybersecurity State Coordinator) (6 U.S.C. 665c) as
section 2217;
(6) by redesignating the second section 2215 (relating to
the Joint Cyber Planning Office) (6 U.S.C. 665b) as section
2216; and
(7) by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 2220A. NATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT CYCLE.
``(a) National Critical Functions Defined.--In this
section, the term `national critical functions' means the
functions of government and the private sector so vital to
the United States that their disruption, corruption, or
dysfunction would have a debilitating effect on security,
national economic security, national public health or safety,
or any combination thereof.
``(b) National Risk Management Cycle.--
``(1) Risk identification and assessment.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the
Director, shall establish a recurring process by which to
identify, assess, and prioritize risks to critical
infrastructure, considering both cyber and physical threats,
the associated likelihoods, vulnerabilities, and
consequences, and the resources necessary to address them.
``(B) Consultation.--In establishing the process required
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consult with, and
request and collect information to support analysis from,
Sector Risk Management Agencies, critical infrastructure
owners and operators, the Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs, the Assistant to the President for
Homeland Security, and the National Cyber Director.
``(C) Publication.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish in
the Federal Register procedures for the process established
under subparagraph (A), subject to any redactions the
Secretary determines are necessary to protect classified or
other sensitive information.
``(D) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the President,
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 risks identified by
the process established under subparagraph (A)--
``(i) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this section; and
``(ii) not later than 1 year after the date on which the
Secretary submits a periodic evaluation described in section
9002(b)(2) of title XC of division H of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021 (Public Law 116-283).
``(2) National critical infrastructure resilience
strategy.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date on
which the Secretary delivers each report required under
paragraph (1), the President shall deliver to majority and
minority leaders of the Senate, the Speaker and minority
leader of the House of Representatives, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives a national critical infrastructure resilience
strategy designed to address the risks identified by the
Secretary.
``(B) Elements.--Each strategy delivered under subparagraph
(A) shall--
``(i) identify, assess, and prioritize areas of risk to
critical infrastructure that would compromise or disrupt
national critical functions impacting national security,
economic security, or public health and safety;
``(ii) assess the implementation of the previous national
critical infrastructure resilience strategy, as applicable;
``(iii) identify and outline current and proposed national-
level actions, programs, and efforts to be taken to address
the risks identified;
``(iv) identify the Federal departments or agencies
responsible for leading each national-level action, program,
or effort and the relevant critical infrastructure sectors
for each; and
``(v) request any additional authorities necessary to
successfully execute the strategy.
``(C) Form.--Each strategy delivered under subparagraph (A)
shall be unclassified, but may contain a classified annex.
``(3) Congressional briefing.--Not later than 1 year after
the date on which the President delivers a strategy under
this section, and every year thereafter, the Secretary, in
coordination with Sector Risk Management Agencies, shall
brief the appropriate committees of Congress on--
``(A) the national risk management cycle activities
undertaken pursuant to the strategy; and
``(B) the amounts and timeline for funding that the
Secretary has determined would be necessary to address risks
and successfully execute the full range of activities
proposed by the strategy.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Table of contents.--The table of contents in section
1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by striking the item relating
to section 2214 and all that follows through the item
relating to section 2217 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 2214. National Asset Database.
``Sec. 2215. Duties and authorities relating to .gov internet domain.
``Sec. 2216. Joint Cyber Planning Office.
``Sec. 2217. Cybersecurity State Coordinator.
``Sec. 2218. Sector Risk Management Agencies.
``Sec. 2219. Cybersecurity Advisory Committee.
``Sec. 2220. Cybersecurity education and training programs.
``Sec. 2220A. National risk management cycle.''.
(2) Additional technical amendment.--
(A) Amendment.--Section 904(b)(1) of the DOTGOV Act of 2020
(title IX of division U of Public Law 116-260) is amended, in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``Homeland
Security Act'' and inserting ``Homeland Security Act of
2002''.
(B) Effective date.--The amendment made by subparagraph (A)
shall take effect as if enacted as part of the DOTGOV Act of
2020 (title IX of division U of Public Law 116-260).
TITLE LII--IMPROVING THE ABILITY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ASSIST IN
ENHANCING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CYBER RESILIENCE
SEC. 5201. INSTITUTE A 5-YEAR TERM FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE
CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
AGENCY.
(a) In General.--Subsection (b)(1) of section 2202 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 652), is amended by
inserting ``The term of office of an individual serving as
Director shall be 5 years.'' after ``who shall report to the
Secretary.''.
(b) Transition Rules.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on the first appointment of an individual
to the position of Director of the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, that is made on or after the date of
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5202. PILOT PROGRAM ON CYBER THREAT INFORMATION
COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Critical infrastructure information.--The term
``critical infrastructure information'' has the meaning given
such term in section 2222 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 671).
(2) Cyber threat indicator.--The term ``cyber threat
indicator'' has the meaning given such term in section 102 of
the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501).
(3) Cybersecurity threat.--The term ``cybersecurity
threat'' has the meaning given such term in section 102 of
the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501).
(4) Environment.--The term ``environment'' means the
information collaboration environment established under
subsection (b).
(5) Information sharing and analysis organization.--The
term ``information sharing and analysis organization'' has
the meaning given such term in section 2222 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 671).
(6) Non-federal entity.--The term ``non-Federal entity''
has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the
Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501).
(b) Pilot Program.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence,
the Director of the National Security Agency, and the
Attorney General shall carry out a pilot program under which
the Secretary shall develop an information collaboration
environment and associated analytic tools that enable Federal
and non-Federal entities to identify, mitigate, and prevent
malicious cyber activity to--
(1) provide limited access to appropriate and operationally
relevant data from unclassified and classified intelligence
about cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats, as well
as malware forensics and data from network sensor programs,
on a platform that enables query and analysis;
(2) enable cross-correlation of data on cybersecurity risks
and cybersecurity threats at the speed and scale necessary
for rapid detection and identification;
(3) facilitate a comprehensive understanding of
cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats; and
(4) facilitate collaborative analysis between the Federal
Government and public and private sector critical
infrastructure entities and information and analysis
organizations.
(c) Implementation of Information Collaboration
Environment.--
(1) Evaluation.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency, and in coordination with the Secretary of Defense,
the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the
National Security Agency, and the Attorney General, shall--
(A) identify, inventory, and evaluate existing Federal
sources of classified and unclassified information on
cybersecurity threats;
(B) evaluate current programs, applications, or platforms
intended to detect, identify, analyze, and monitor
cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats;
(C) consult with public and private sector critical
infrastructure entities to identify public and private
critical infrastructure cyber threat capabilities, needs, and
gaps; and
(D) identify existing tools, capabilities, and systems that
may be adapted to achieve the purposes of the environment in
order to
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maximize return on investment and minimize cost.
(2) Implementation.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after completing the
evaluation required under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary,
acting through the Director of the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, and in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence,
the Director of the National Security Agency, and the
Attorney General, shall begin implementation of the
environment to enable participants in the environment to
develop and run analytic tools referred to in subsection (b)
on specified data sets for the purpose of identifying,
mitigating, and preventing malicious cyber activity that is a
threat to public and private critical infrastructure.
(B) Requirements.--The environment and the use of analytic
tools referred to in subsection (b) shall--
(i) operate in a manner consistent with relevant privacy,
civil rights, and civil liberties policies and protections,
including such policies and protections established pursuant
to section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485);
(ii) account for appropriate data standards and
interoperability requirements, consistent with the standards
set forth in subsection (d);
(iii) enable integration of current applications,
platforms, data, and information, including classified
information, in a manner that supports integration of
unclassified and classified information on cybersecurity
risks and cybersecurity threats;
(iv) incorporate tools to manage access to classified and
unclassified data, as appropriate;
(v) ensure accessibility by entities the Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of
National Intelligence, the Director of the National Security
Agency, and the Attorney General, determines appropriate;
(vi) allow for access by critical infrastructure
stakeholders and other private sector partners, at the
discretion of the Secretary, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense;
(vii) deploy analytic tools across classification levels to
leverage all relevant data sets, as appropriate;
(viii) identify tools and analytical software that can be
applied and shared to manipulate, transform, and display data
and other identified needs; and
(ix) anticipate the integration of new technologies and
data streams, including data from government-sponsored
network sensors or network-monitoring programs deployed in
support of non-Federal entities.
(3) Annual report requirement on the implementation,
execution, and effectiveness of the pilot program.--Not later
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and
every year thereafter until the date that is 1 year after the
pilot program under this section terminates under subsection
(e), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the
Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee
on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives a report that
details--
(A) Federal Government participation in the environment,
including the Federal entities participating in the
environment and the volume of information shared by Federal
entities into the environment;
(B) non-Federal entities' participation in the environment,
including the non-Federal entities participating in the
environment and the volume of information shared by non-
Federal entities into the environment;
(C) the impact of the environment on positive security
outcomes in the Federal Government and non-Federal entities;
(D) barriers identified to fully realizing the benefit of
the environment both for the Federal Government and non-
Federal entities; and
(E) additional authorities or resources necessary to
successfully execute the environment.
(d) Cyber Threat Data Standards and Interoperability.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary, in coordination with the
Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence,
the Director of the National Security Agency, and the
Attorney General, shall establish data standards and
requirements for non-Federal entities to participate in the
environment.
(2) Data streams.--The Secretary shall identify, designate,
and periodically update programs that shall participate in or
be interoperable with the environment, which may include--
(A) network-monitoring and intrusion detection programs;
(B) cyber threat indicator sharing programs;
(C) certain government-sponsored network sensors or
network-monitoring programs;
(D) incident response and cybersecurity technical
assistance programs; or
(E) malware forensics and reverse-engineering programs.
(3) Data governance.--The Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National
Intelligence, the Director of the National Security Agency,
and the Attorney General shall establish procedures and data
governance structures, as necessary, to protect sensitive
data, comply with Federal regulations and statutes, and
respect existing consent agreements with public and private
sector critical infrastructure entities that apply to
critical infrastructure information.
(4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall
change existing ownership or protection of, or policies and
processes for access to, agency data.
(e) Duration.--The pilot program under this section shall
terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of
enactment of this Act.
TITLE LIII--IMPROVING SECURITY IN THE NATIONAL CYBER ECOSYSTEM
SEC. 5301. REPORT ON CYBERSECURITY CERTIFICATIONS AND
LABELING.
Not later than October 1, 2022, the National Cyber
Director, in consultation with the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology and the Director of the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 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 that--
(1) identifies and assesses existing efforts by the Federal
Government to create, administer, or otherwise support the
use of certifications or labels to communicate the security
or security characteristics of information technology or
operational technology products and services; and
(2) assesses the viability of and need for a new program at
the Department to harmonize information technology and
operational technology product and service security
certification and labeling efforts across the Federal
Government and between the Federal Government and the private
sector.
SEC. 5302. SECURE FOUNDATIONAL INTERNET PROTOCOLS.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Border gateway protocol.--The term ``border gateway
protocol'' means a protocol designed to optimize routing of
information exchanged through the internet.
(2) Domain name system.--The term ``domain name system''
means a system that stores information associated with domain
names in a distributed database on networks.
(3) Information and communications technology
infrastructure providers.--The term ``information and
communications technology infrastructure providers'' means
all systems that enable connectivity and operability of
internet service, backbone, cloud, web hosting, content
delivery, domain name system, and software-defined networks
and other systems and services.
(b) Creation of a Strategy to Encourage Implementation of
Measures to Secure Foundational Internet Protocols.--
(1) Protocol security strategy.--In order to encourage
implementation of measures to secure foundational internet
protocols by information and communications technology
infrastructure providers, not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for
Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce,
in coordination with the Director of the National Institute
Standards and Technology and the Director of the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, shall
establish a working group composed of appropriate
stakeholders, including representatives of the Internet
Engineering Task Force and information and communications
technology infrastructure providers, to prepare and submit to
Congress a strategy to encourage implementation of measures
to secure the border gateway protocol and the domain name
system.
(2) Strategy requirements.--The strategy required under
paragraph (1) shall--
(A) articulate the motivation and goal of the strategy to
reduce incidents of border gateway protocol hijacking and
domain name system hijacking;
(B) articulate the security and privacy benefits of
implementing the most up-to-date and secure instances of the
border gateway protocol and the domain name system and the
burdens of implementation and the entities on whom those
burdens will most likely fall;
(C) identify key United States and international
stakeholders;
(D) outline varying measures that could be used to
implement security or provide authentication for the border
gateway protocol and the domain name system;
(E) identify any barriers to implementing security for the
border gateway protocol and the domain name system at scale;
(F) propose a strategy to implement identified security
measures at scale, accounting for barriers to implementation
and balancing benefits and burdens, where feasible; and
(G) provide an initial estimate of the total cost to the
Government and implementing entities in the private sector of
implementing security for the border gateway protocol and the
domain name system and propose recommendations for defraying
these costs, if applicable.
TITLE LIV--ENABLING THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR
SEC. 5401. ESTABLISHMENT OF HIRING AUTHORITIES FOR THE OFFICE
OF THE NATIONAL CYBER DIRECTOR.
(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``Director'' means the National Cyber
Director;
(2) the term ``excepted service'' has the meaning given
such term in section 2103 of title 5, United States Code;
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(3) the term ``Office'' means the Office of the National
Cyber Director;
(4) the term ``qualified position'' means a position
identified by the Director under subsection (b)(1)(A), in
which the individual occupying such position performs,
manages, or supervises functions that execute the
responsibilities of the Office.
(b) Hiring Plan.--The Director shall, for purposes of
carrying out the functions of the Office--
(1) craft an implementation plan for positions in the
excepted service in the Office, which shall propose--
(A) qualified positions in the Office, as the Director
determines necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the
Office; and
(B) subject to the requirements of paragraph (2), rates of
compensation for an individual serving in a qualified
position;
(2) propose rates of basic pay for qualified positions,
which shall--
(A) be determined in relation to the rates of pay provided
for employees in comparable positions in the Office, in which
the employee occupying the comparable position performs,
manages, or supervises functions that execute the mission of
the Office; and
(B) subject to the same limitations on maximum rates of pay
and consistent with section 5341 of title 5, United States
Code, adopt such provisions of that title to provide for
prevailing rate systems of basic pay and apply those
provisions to qualified positions for employees in or under
which the Office may employ individuals described by section
5342(a)(2)(A) of such title; and
(3) craft proposals to provide--
(A) employees in qualified positions compensation (in
addition to basic pay), including benefits, incentives, and
allowances, consistent with, and not in excess of the level
authorized for, comparable positions authorized by title 5,
United States Code; and
(B) employees in a qualified position for which the
Director proposes a rate of basic pay under paragraph (2) an
allowance under section 5941 of title 5, United States Code,
on the same basis and to the same extent as if the employee
was an employee covered by such section, including
eligibility conditions, allowance rates, and all other terms
and conditions in law or regulation.
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