[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 129 (Tuesday, August 2, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S3868]
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SA 5190. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Blunt, and Mr.
Peters) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill S. 4543, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 G of title X, insert
the following:
SECTION [ELL22383]. REQUIREMENT FOR INFORMATION SHARING
AGREEMENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Intragovernmental Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act''.
(b) Requirement.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the President, the Sergeant at Arms
and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and the Chief Administrative
Officer of the House of Representatives shall enter into 1 or
more cybersecurity information sharing agreements to enhance
collaboration between the executive branch and Congress on
implementing cybersecurity measures to improve the protection
of legislative branch information technology.
(2) Delegation.--If the President delegates the duties
under paragraph (1), the designee of the President shall
coordinate with appropriate Executive agencies (as defined in
section 105 of title 5, United States Code, including the
Executive Office of the President) and appropriate officers
in the executive branch in entering any agreement described
in paragraph (1).
(c) Elements.--The parties to a cybersecurity information
sharing agreement under subsection (b) shall jointly develop
such elements of the agreement as the parties find
appropriate, which may include--
(1) direct and timely sharing of technical indicators and
contextual information on cyber threats and vulnerabilities,
and the means for such sharing;
(2) direct and timely sharing of classified and
unclassified reports on cyber threats and activities
consistent with the protection of sources and methods;
(3) seating of cybersecurity personnel of the Office of the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate or the Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives at cybersecurity operations centers; and
(4) any other elements the parties find appropriate.
(d) Briefing to Congress.--Not later than 210 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, and periodically
thereafter, the President shall brief the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee
on Homeland Security and the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives on the status
of the implementation of the agreements required under
subsection (b).
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