CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 4061), H500, H503, H504, H505, H506, H507, H508, H509, H510, H511, H512, H513, H514, H515, H516, H517, H518, H519 [3FE], H559, H560, H561 [4FE]

———consideration (H. Res. 1051), H491 [3FE]

Articles and editorials

Mutually Assured Survival in Cyber Space, H507 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 5966), H6404 (see H.R. 5966), H6456 [29JY]

Enact (H.R. 4061): consideration (see H. Res. 1051), H470 [2FE]

Letters

Provisions: Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H495 [3FE]

———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H495 [3FE]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 4061), H524 [3FE]

Remarks in House

Colleges and universities: allow cooperation between community colleges, universities, and Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers under computer and network security capacity building grants, H508, H509 [3FE]

———strengthen involvement of community colleges in the development and implementation of a national cybersecurity strategy, H506 [3FE]

Computers: ensure public awareness campaigns promoting cybersecurity education include children and young adults as target audiences, H515 [3FE]

———expand the cybersecurity strategic research and development plan to include a component on technologies to secure sensitive information sharing between Federal agencies, H519 [3FE]

———extend service obligation for recipients of cybersecurity scholarships or fellowships on a sliding scale based on the degree program, H513 [3FE]

———facilitate access to realistic threats and vulnerabilities during strategic plan development and require guidelines for sharing feedback on effectiveness of new technologies, H511 [3FE]

———focus cybersecurity awareness education on novice computer users, elderly and low-income populations, and populations in areas of planned broadband expansion or deployment, H509, H510, H518 [3FE]

———require analysis of reliance on contractors and capacity of agency workforce to manage contractors performing cybersecurity work, H513, H514 [3FE]

———require Cybersecurity Strategic Research and Development Program description of how the Program will strengthen cybersecurity education and training programs, H512 [3FE]

———study Federal cybersecurity workforce needs, address minority employment disparities in the cybersecurity industry, and include minority-serving institutions on the Cybersecurity University-Industry Task Force, H503, H504 [3FE]

Cybersecurity Strategic Research and Development Plan: include international cooperation, H507, H508 [3FE]

Enact (H.R. 4061), H413 [27JA], H495-H524 [3FE], H559-H564 [4FE], E154, E158, E162 [4FE], E175, E188 [22FE]

———consideration (H. Res. 1051), H486-H492 [3FE]

———corrections in engrossment, H563 [4FE]

Federal employees: examine current job security clearance and suitability requirements for Federal cybersecurity workforce, H510 [3FE]

GAO: submit report examining weaknesses within the current cybersecurity infrastructure, H519 [3FE]

Government: study expansion of temporary assignment of private sector cybersecurity professionals to Federal agencies, H511 [3FE]

House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H487-H490 [3FE]

National Academy of Sciences: study role of community colleges in cybersecurity education, H514, H515 [3FE]

NIST: provide for regional workshops as part of the Cybersecurity Awareness and Education program, H509 [3FE]

———work in cooperation with State, Federal, and private sector partners to develop an effective cybersecurity framework, H506, H507 [3FE]

NSF: allow Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service Program participants to apply for private sector internships, H504, H505 [3FE], E158 [4FE]

———establish the National Center of Excellence for Cybersecurity, H498, H518 [3FE]

———expand Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service Program to include outreach to secondary schools and 2-year institutions to increase interest and recruitment of students into cybersecurity-related fields, H517 [3FE]

———include language highlighting importance of curriculum in designing secure software in Computer and Network Security Capacity Building Grants mission statement, H517, H518 [3FE]

———include veteran status in selection criteria for Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service Program, H516 [3FE]

———prohibit use of cybersecurity research and development programs funds for earmarks, H504, H505 [3FE]

———study ways to improve detection, investigation and prosecution of cyber crimes, H506 [3FE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4061, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1051) (H. Rept. 111-410), H470 [2FE]

Provisions: Committee on Science and Technology (House) (H.R. 4061) (H. Rept. 111-405), H421 [27JA]

Texts of

H. Res. 1051, consideration of H.R. 4061, provisions, H486 [3FE]

H.R. 4061, provisions, H500-H503 [3FE]