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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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 2, 2015 

Mr. MCCAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Cyber 

5 Policy Oversight Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL CYBER7 SPACE POLICY STRATEGY. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 


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1 shall produce a comprehensive strategy, with a classified 

2 annex if necessary, relating to United States international 

3 policy with regard to cyberspace. 

4 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required in subsection 

5 (a) shall include the following: 

6 (1) A review of actions and activities under7 taken by the Secretary of State to date to support 

8 the goal of the President’s International Strategy for 

9 Cyberspace, released in May 2011, to ‘‘work inter10 nationally to promote an open, interoperable, secure, 

11 and reliable information and communications infra12 structure that supports international trade and com13 merce, strengthens international security, and fos14 ters free expression and innovation’’. 

15 (2) A plan of action to guide the Secretary of 

16 State’s diplomacy with regard to countries, including 

17 conducting bilateral and multilateral activities to de18 velop the norms of responsible international behavior 

19 in cyberspace, and status review of existing discus20 sions in multilateral fora to obtain agreements on 

21 international norms in cyberspace. 

22 (3) A review of the alternative concepts with re23 gard to international norms in cyberspace offered by 

24 other prominent country actors. 


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1 (4) A detailed description of threats to United 

2 States national security in cyberspace from other 

3 countries, state-sponsored actors and private actors, 

4 to United States Federal and private sector infra5 structure, United States intellectual property, and 

6 the privacy of United States citizens. 

7 (5) A review of policy tools available to the 

8 President to deter countries, state-sponsored actors, 

9 and private actors, including those outlined in Exec10 utive Order 13694, released on April 1, 2015. 

11 (6) A review of resources required by the Sec12 retary of State, including the Office of the Coordi13 nator for Cyber Issues, to conduct activities to build 

14 responsible norms of international cyber behavior. 

15 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 

16 consult, as appropriate, with other United States Govern17 ment agencies, the United States private sector, and 

18 United States nongovernmental organizations with recog19 nized credentials and expertise in foreign policy, national 

20 security, and cybersecurity. 

21 (d) RELEASE.—The Secretary of State shall publicly 

22 release the strategy required in subsection (a) and brief 

23 the appropriate congressional committees upon its release, 


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1 including on the classified annex, if the strategy includes 

2 such an annex. 

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