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S. 1353
To provide for an ongoing, voluntary public-private partnership to improve cybersecurity, and to strengthen cybersecurity research and development, workforce development and education, and public awareness and pre-paredness, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
J
ULY
24, 2013 Mr. R
OCKEFELLER
(for himself and Mr. T
HUNE
) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To provide for an ongoing, voluntary public-private partner-ship to improve cybersecurity, and to strengthen cyberse-curity research and development, workforce development and education, and public awareness and preparedness, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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(a) S
HORT
T
ITLE
.—This Act may be cited as the
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‘‘Cybersecurity Act of 2013’’.
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(b) T
ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
.—The table of contents of
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this Act is as follows:
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Sec.1.Short title; table of contents. Sec.2.Definitions. Sec.3.No regulatory authority. TITLE I—PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION ON CYBERSECURITY Sec.101.Public-private collaboration on cybersecurity. TITLE II—CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Sec.201.Federal cybersecurity research and development. Sec.202.Computer and network security research centers. TITLE III—EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Sec.301.Cybersecurity competitions and challenges. Sec.302.Federal cyber scholarship-for-service program. Sec.303.Study and analysis of education, accreditation, training, and certifi-cation of information infrastructure and cybersecurity profes-sionals. TITLE IV—CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS AND PREPAREDNESS Sec.401.National cybersecurity awareness and preparedness campaign.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
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In this Act:
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(1) C
YBERSECURITY MISSION
.—The term ‘‘cy-
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bersecurity mission’’ means activities that encom-
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pass the full range of threat reduction, vulnerability
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reduction, deterrence, international engagement, in-
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cident response, resiliency, and recovery policies and
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activities, including computer network operations, in-
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formation assurance, law enforcement, diplomacy,
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military, and intelligence missions as such activities
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relate to the security and stability of cyberspace.
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(2) I
NFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
.—The
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term ‘‘information infrastructure’’ means the under-
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lying framework that information systems and assets
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rely on to process, transmit, receive, or store infor-
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mation electronically, including programmable elec-
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tronic devices, communications networks, and indus-
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trial or supervisory control systems and any associ-
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ated hardware, software, or data.
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(3) I
NFORMATION SYSTEM
.—The term ‘‘infor-
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mation system’’ has the meaning given that term in
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section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.
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SEC. 3. NO REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
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Nothing in this Act shall be construed to confer any
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regulatory authority on any Federal, State, tribal, or local
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department or agency.
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TITLE I—PUBLIC-PRIVATE COL-
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LABORATION ON CYBERSECU-
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RITY
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SEC. 101. PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION ON CYBERSE-
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CURITY.
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(a) C
YBERSECURITY
.—Section 2(c) of the National
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Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C.
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272(c)) is amended—
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (15) through
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(22) as paragraphs (16) through (23), respectively;
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and
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol-
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lowing:
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