[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5397]
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  SA 5933. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Peters) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 
submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be 
proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, 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 10__. REQUIREMENT FOR INFORMATION SHARING AGREEMENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Intragovernmental Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act''.
       (b) Appropriate Officials Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``appropriate officials'' means--
       (1) the Majority Leader, Minority Leader, and the Secretary 
     of the Senate with respect to an agreement with the Sergeant 
     at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; and
       (2) the Speaker, the Minority Leader, and the Sergeant at 
     Arms of the House of Representatives with respect to an 
     agreement with the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 
     of Representatives.
       (c) 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, in consultation with 
     the appropriate officials, 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 the appropriate 
     officers in the executive branch in entering any agreement 
     described in paragraph (1).
       (d) Elements.--The parties to a cybersecurity information 
     sharing agreement under subsection (c) 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.
       (e) Briefing to Congress.--Not later than 210 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, and at least annually 
     thereafter, the President shall brief the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee 
     on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and the Committee on House Administration 
     of the House of Representatives, and the appropriate 
     officials on the status of the implementation of the 
     agreements required under subsection (c).
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