114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3869 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to assist 

State and local coordination on cybersecurity with the 

national cybersecurity and communications integration 

center, 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State and Local Cyber 

3 Protection Act of 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. STATE AND LOCAL COORDINATION ON CYBERSECU5 RITY WITH THE NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY 

6 AND COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION CEN7 TER. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The second section 226 of the 

9 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 148; relating 

10 to the national cybersecurity and communications integra11 tion center) is amended by adding at the end the following 

12 new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(g) STATE AND LOCAL COORDINATION ON CYBER14 SECURITY.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall, to the ex16 tent practicable— 

17 ‘‘(A) assist State and local governments, 

18 upon request, in identifying information system 

19 vulnerabilities; 

20 ‘‘(B) assist State and local governments, 

21 upon request, in identifying information secu22 rity protections commensurate with cybersecu23 rity risks and the magnitude of the potential 

24 harm resulting from the unauthorized access, 

25 use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or de26 struction of— 
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1 ‘‘(i) information collected or main2 tained by or on behalf of a State or local 

3 government; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) information systems used or op5 erated by an agency or by a contractor of 

6 a State or local government or other orga7 nization on behalf of a State or local gov8 ernment; 

9 ‘‘(C) in consultation with State and local 

10 governments, provide and periodically update 

11 via a web portal tools, products, resources, poli12 cies, guidelines, and procedures related to infor13 mation security; 

14 ‘‘(D) work with senior State and local gov15 ernment officials, including State and local 

16 Chief Information Officers, through national as17 sociations to coordinate a nationwide effort to 

18 ensure effective implementation of tools, prod19 ucts, resources, policies, guidelines, and proce20 dures related to information security to secure 

21 and ensure the resiliency of State and local in22 formation systems; 

23 ‘‘(E) provide, upon request, operational 

24 and technical cybersecurity training to State 

25 and local government and fusion center analysts 
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1 and operators to address cybersecurity risks or 

2 incidents; 

3 ‘‘(F) provide, in coordination with the 

4 Chief Privacy Officer and the Chief Civil Rights 

5 and Civil Liberties Officer of the Department, 

6 privacy and civil liberties training to State and 

7 local governments related to cybersecurity; 

8 ‘‘(G) provide, upon request, operational 

9 and technical assistance to State and local gov10 ernments to implement tools, products, re11 sources, policies, guidelines, and procedures on 

12 information security by— 

13 ‘‘(i) deploying technology to assist 

14 such State or local government to continu15 ously diagnose and mitigate against cyber 

16 threats and vulnerabilities, with or without 

17 reimbursement; 

18 ‘‘(ii) compiling and analyzing data on 

19 State and local information security; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) developing and conducting tar21 geted operational evaluations, including 

22 threat and vulnerability assessments, on 

23 the information systems of State and local 

24 governments; 
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1 ‘‘(H) assist State and local governments to 

2 develop policies and procedures for coordinating 

3 vulnerability disclosures, to the extent prac4 ticable, consistent with international and na5 tional standards in the information technology 

6 industry, including standards developed by the 

7 National Institute of Standards and Tech8 nology; and 

9 ‘‘(I) ensure that State and local govern10 ments, as appropriate, are made aware of the 

11 tools, products, resources, policies, guidelines, 

12 and procedures on information security devel13 oped by the Department and other appropriate 

14 Federal departments and agencies for ensuring 

15 the security and resiliency of Federal civilian 

16 information systems. 

17 ‘‘(2) TRAINING.—Privacy and civil liberties 

18 training provided pursuant to subparagraph (F) of 

19 paragraph (1) shall include processes, methods, and 

20 information that— 

21 ‘‘(A) are consistent with the Department’s 

22 Fair Information Practice Principles developed 

23 pursuant to section 552a of title 5, United 

24 States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘Pri25 vacy Act of 1974’ or the ‘Privacy Act’); 
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1 ‘‘(B) reasonably limit, to the greatest ex2 tent practicable, the receipt, retention, use, and 

3 disclosure of information related to cybersecu4 rity risks and incidents associated with specific 

5 persons that is not necessary, for cybersecurity 

6 purposes, to protect an information system or 

7 network of information systems from cybersecu8 rity risks or to mitigate cybersecurity risks and 

9 incidents in a timely manner; 

10 ‘‘(C) minimize any impact on privacy and 

11 civil liberties; 

12 ‘‘(D) provide data integrity through the 

13 prompt removal and destruction of obsolete or 

14 erroneous names and personal information that 

15 is unrelated to the cybersecurity risk or incident 

16 information shared and retained by the Center 

17 in accordance with this section; 

18 ‘‘(E) include requirements to safeguard 

19 cyber threat indicators and defensive measures 

20 retained by the Center, including information 

21 that is proprietary or business-sensitive that 

22 may be used to identify specific persons from 

23 unauthorized access or acquisition; 

24 ‘‘(F) protect the confidentiality of cyber 

25 threat indicators and defensive measures associ-
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1 ated with specific persons to the greatest extent 

2 practicable; and 

3 ‘‘(G) ensure all relevant constitutional, 

4 legal, and privacy protections are observed.’’. 

5 (b) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Not later than 2 

6 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the na7 tional cybersecurity and communications integration cen8 ter of the Department of Homeland Security shall provide 

9 to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

10 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

11 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate information on 

12 the activities and effectiveness of such activities under 

13 subsection (g) of the second section 226 of the Homeland 

14 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 148; relating to the na15 tional cybersecurity and communications integration cen16 ter), as added by subsection (a) of this section, on State 

17 and local information security. The center shall seek feed18 back from State and local governments regarding the ef19 fectiveness of such activities and include such feedback in 
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1 the information required to be provided under this sub2 section. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 

2015. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3869 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

poses. nications integration center, and for other purrity with the national cybersecurity and commuassist State and local coordination on cybersecu-