[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4724. Mr. KING (for himself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sasse, Ms. Rosen, Ms. 
Hassan, and Mr. Ossoff) 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 of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. 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, the Chairman of the 
     Federal Trade Commission, and the Director of the 
     Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, shall 
     submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
     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 of Homeland Security, or at other Federal 
     agencies as appropriate, to better address 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.
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