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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3873 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3873

 To require the Secretary of State to produce a comprehensive strategy 
     relating to United States international policy with regard to 
                  cyberspace, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 2, 2015

  Mr. McCaul introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
 To require the Secretary of State to produce a comprehensive strategy 
     relating to United States international policy with regard to 
                  cyberspace, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Cyber Policy Oversight 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL CYBERSPACE POLICY STRATEGY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall produce a 
comprehensive strategy, with a classified annex if necessary, relating 
to United States international policy with regard to cyberspace.
    (b) Elements.--The strategy required in subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
            (1) A review of actions and activities undertaken by the 
        Secretary of State to date to support the goal of the 
        President's International Strategy for Cyberspace, released in 
        May 2011, to ``work internationally to promote an open, 
        interoperable, secure, and reliable information and 
        communications infrastructure that supports international trade 
        and commerce, strengthens international security, and fosters 
        free expression and innovation''.
            (2) A plan of action to guide the Secretary of State's 
        diplomacy with regard to countries, including conducting 
        bilateral and multilateral activities to develop the norms of 
        responsible international behavior in cyberspace, and status 
        review of existing discussions in multilateral fora to obtain 
        agreements on international norms in cyberspace.
            (3) A review of the alternative concepts with regard to 
        international norms in cyberspace offered by other prominent 
        country actors.
            (4) A detailed description of threats to United States 
        national security in cyberspace from other countries, state-
        sponsored actors and private actors, to United States Federal 
        and private sector infrastructure, United States intellectual 
        property, and the privacy of United States citizens.
            (5) A review of policy tools available to the President to 
        deter countries, state-sponsored actors, and private actors, 
        including those outlined in Executive Order 13694, released on 
        April 1, 2015.
            (6) A review of resources required by the Secretary of 
        State, including the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber 
        Issues, to conduct activities to build responsible norms of 
        international cyber behavior.
    (c) Consultation.--The Secretary of State shall consult, as 
appropriate, with other United States Government agencies, the United 
States private sector, and United States nongovernmental organizations 
with recognized credentials and expertise in foreign policy, national 
security, and cybersecurity.
    (d) Release.--The Secretary of State shall publicly release the 
strategy required in subsection (a) and brief the appropriate 
congressional committees upon its release, including on the classified 
annex, if the strategy includes such an annex.
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