IIB 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4257 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 7, 2012 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to 

revise requirements relating to Federal information security, 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 ‘‘Federal Information 

3 Security Amendments Act of 2012’’. 

4 SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL INFORMATION POL5 ICY. 

6 Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is amend7 ed by striking subchapters II and III and inserting the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—INFORMATION SECURITY 

10 ‘‘§ 3551. Purposes 

11 ‘‘The purposes of this subchapter are to— 

12 ‘‘(1) provide a comprehensive framework for en13 suring the effectiveness of information security con14 trols over information resources that support Fed15 eral operations and assets; 

16 ‘‘(2) recognize the highly networked nature of 

17 the current Federal computing environment and pro18 vide effective Governmentwide management and 

19 oversight of the related information security risks, 

20 including coordination of information security efforts 

21 throughout the civilian, national security, and law 

22 enforcement communities assets; 

23 ‘‘(3) provide for development and maintenance 

24 of minimum controls required to protect Federal in25 formation and information systems; 


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1 ‘‘(4) provide a mechanism for improved over2 sight of Federal agency information security pro3 grams and systems through a focus on automated 

4 and continuous monitoring of agency information 

5 systems and regular threat assessments; 

6 ‘‘(5) acknowledge that commercially developed 

7 information security products offer advanced, dy8 namic, robust, and effective information security so9 lutions, reflecting market solutions for the protection 

10 of critical information systems important to the na11 tional defense and economic security of the Nation 

12 that are designed, built, and operated by the private 

13 sector; and 

14 ‘‘(6) recognize that the selection of specific 

15 technical hardware and software information secu16 rity solutions should be left to individual agencies 

17 from among commercially developed products. 

18 ‘‘§ 3552. Definitions 

19 ‘‘(a) SECTION 3502 DEFINITIONS.—Except as pro20 vided under subsection (b), the definitions under section 

21 3502 shall apply to this subchapter. 

22 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this subchapter: 

23 ‘‘(1) ADEQUATE SECURITY.—The term ‘ade24 quate security’ means security commensurate with 

25 the risk and magnitude of the harm resulting from 


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1 the unauthorized access to or loss, misuse, destruc2 tion, or modification of information. 

3 ‘‘(2) AUTOMATED AND CONTINUOUS MONI4 TORING.—The term ‘automated and continuous 

5 monitoring’ means monitoring, with minimal human 

6 involvement, through an uninterrupted, ongoing real 

7 time, or near real-time process used to determine if 

8 the complete set of planned, required, and deployed 

9 security controls within an information system con10 tinue to be effective over time with rapidly changing 

11 information technology and threat development. 

12 ‘‘(3) INCIDENT.—The term ‘incident’ means an 

13 occurrence that actually or potentially jeopardizes 

14 the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an in15 formation system, or the information the system 

16 processes, stores, or transmits or that constitutes a 

17 violation or imminent threat of violation of security 

18 policies, security procedures, or acceptable use poli19 cies. 

20 ‘‘(4) INFORMATION SECURITY.—The term ‘in21 formation security’ means protecting information 

22 and information systems from unauthorized access, 

23 use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruc24 tion in order to provide— 


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1 ‘‘(A) integrity, which means guarding 

2 against improper information modification or 

3 destruction, and includes ensuring information 

4 nonrepudiation and authenticity; 

5 ‘‘(B) confidentiality, which means pre6 serving authorized restrictions on access and 

7 disclosure, including means for protecting per8 sonal privacy and proprietary information; and 

9 ‘‘(C) availability, which means ensuring 

10 timely and reliable access to and use of infor11 mation. 

12 ‘‘(5) INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘infor13 mation system’ means a discrete set of information 

14 resources organized for the collection, processing, 

15 maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposi16 tion of information and includes— 

17 ‘‘(A) computers and computer networks; 

18 ‘‘(B) ancillary equipment; 

19 ‘‘(C) software, firmware, and related proce20 dures; 

21 ‘‘(D) services, including support services; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(E) related resources. 


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1 ‘‘(6) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

2 ‘information technology’ has the meaning given that 

3 term in section 11101 of title 40. 

4 ‘‘(7) NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM.— 

5 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—The term ‘national se6 curity system’ means any information system 

7 (including any telecommunications system) used 

8 or operated by an agency or by a contractor of 

9 an agency, or other organization on behalf of an 

10 agency— 

11 ‘‘(i) the function, operation, or use of 

12 which— 

13 ‘‘(I) involves intelligence activi14 ties; 

15 ‘‘(II) involves cryptologic activi16 ties related to national security; 

17 ‘‘(III) involves command and 

18 control of military forces; 

19 ‘‘(IV) involves equipment that is 

20 an integral part of a weapon or weap21 ons system; or 

22 ‘‘(V) subject to subparagraph 

23 (B), is critical to the direct fulfillment 

24 of military or intelligence missions; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) is protected at all times by proce2 dures established for information that have 

3 been specifically authorized under criteria 

4 established by an Executive order or an 

5 Act of Congress to be kept classified in the 

6 interest of national defense or foreign pol7 icy. 

8 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph 

9 (A)(i)(V) does not include a system that is to 

10 be used for routine administrative and business 

11 applications (including payroll, finance, logis12 tics, and personnel management applications). 

13 ‘‘(8) THREAT ASSESSMENT.—The term ‘threat 

14 assessment’ means the formal description and eval15 uation of threat to an information system. 

16 ‘‘§ 3553. Authority and functions of the Director 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall oversee agen18 cy information security policies and practices, including— 

19 ‘‘(1) developing and overseeing the implementa20 tion of policies, principles, standards, and guidelines 

21 on information security, including through ensuring 

22 timely agency adoption of and compliance with 

23 standards promulgated under section 11331 of title 

24 40; 


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1 ‘‘(2) requiring agencies, consistent with the 

2 standards promulgated under such section 11331 

3 and the requirements of this subchapter, to identify 

4 and provide information security protections com5 mensurate with the risk and magnitude of the harm 

6 resulting from the unauthorized access, use, disclo7 sure, disruption, modification, or destruction of— 

8 ‘‘(A) information collected or maintained 

9 by or on behalf of an agency; or 

10 ‘‘(B) information systems used or operated 

11 by an agency or by a contractor of an agency 

12 or other organization on behalf of an agency; 

13 ‘‘(3) coordinating the development of standards 

14 and guidelines under section 20 of the National In15 stitute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 

16 278g–3) with agencies and offices operating or exer17 cising control of national security systems (including 

18 the National Security Agency) to assure, to the max19 imum extent feasible, that such standards and 

20 guidelines are complementary with standards and 

21 guidelines developed for national security systems; 

22 ‘‘(4) overseeing agency compliance with the re23 quirements of this subchapter, including through 

24 any authorized action under section 11303 of title 


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1 40, to enforce accountability for compliance with 

2 such requirements; 

3 ‘‘(5) reviewing at least annually, and approving 

4 or disapproving, agency information security pro5 grams required under section 3554(b); 

6 ‘‘(6) coordinating information security policies 

7 and procedures with related information resources 

8 management policies and procedures; 

9 ‘‘(7) overseeing the operation of the Federal in10 formation security incident center required under 

11 section 3555; and 

12 ‘‘(8) reporting to Congress no later than March 

13 1 of each year on agency compliance with the re14 quirements of this subchapter, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) an assessment of the development, 

16 promulgation, and adoption of, and compliance 

17 with, standards developed under section 20 of 

18 the National Institute of Standards and Tech19 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3) and promul20 gated under section 11331 of title 40; 

21 ‘‘(B) significant deficiencies in agency in22 formation security practices; 

23 ‘‘(C) planned remedial action to address 

24 such deficiencies; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) a summary of, and the views of the 

2 Director on, the report prepared by the Na3 tional Institute of Standards and Technology 

4 under section 20(d)(10) of the National Insti5 tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 

6 U.S.C. 278g–3). 

7 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS.—Except for the 

8 authorities described in paragraphs (4) and (8) of sub9 section (a), the authorities of the Director under this sec10 tion shall not apply to national security systems. 

11 ‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND CENTRAL IN12 TELLIGENCE AGENCY SYSTEMS.—(1) The authorities of 

13 the Director described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub14 section (a) shall be delegated to the Secretary of Defense 

15 in the case of systems described in paragraph (2) and to 

16 the Director of Central Intelligence in the case of systems 

17 described in paragraph (3). 

18 ‘‘(2) The systems described in this paragraph are sys19 tems that are operated by the Department of Defense, a 

20 contractor of the Department of Defense, or another enti21 ty on behalf of the Department of Defense that processes 

22 any information the unauthorized access, use, disclosure, 

23 disruption, modification, or destruction of which would 

24 have a debilitating impact on the mission of the Depart25 ment of Defense. 


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1 ‘‘(3) The systems described in this paragraph are sys2 tems that are operated by the Central Intelligence Agency, 

3 a contractor of the Central Intelligence Agency, or another 

4 entity on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency that 

5 processes any information the unauthorized access, use, 

6 disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of 

7 which would have a debilitating impact on the mission of 

8 the Central Intelligence Agency. 

9 ‘‘§ 3554. Agency responsibilities 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of each agency shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) be responsible for— 

12 ‘‘(A) providing information security protec13 tions commensurate with the risk and mag14 nitude of the harm resulting from unauthorized 

15 access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, 

16 or destruction of— 

17 ‘‘(i) information collected or main18 tained by or on behalf of the agency; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) information systems used or op20 erated by an agency or by a contractor of 

21 an agency or other organization on behalf 

22 of an agency; 

23 ‘‘(B) complying with the requirements of 

24 this subchapter and related policies, procedures, 

25 standards, and guidelines, including— 


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1 ‘‘(i) information security standards 

2 and guidelines promulgated under section 

3 11331 of title 40 and section 20 of the Na4 tional Institute of Standards and Tech5 nology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3); 

6 ‘‘(ii) information security standards 

7 and guidelines for national security sys8 tems issued in accordance with law and as 

9 directed by the President; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) ensuring the standards imple11 mented for information systems and na12 tional security systems of the agency are 

13 complementary and uniform, to the extent 

14 practicable; 

15 ‘‘(C) ensuring that information security 

16 management processes are integrated with 

17 agency strategic and operational planning and 

18 budget processes, including policies, procedures, 

19 and practices described in subsection (c)(2); 

20 ‘‘(D) as appropriate, maintaining secure 

21 facilities that have the capability of accessing, 

22 sending, receiving, and storing classified infor23 mation; 

24 ‘‘(E) maintaining a sufficient number of 

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1 propriate levels, to access, send, receive and 

2 analyze classified information to carry out the 

3 responsibilities of this subchapter; and 

4 ‘‘(F) ensuring that information security 

5 performance indicators and measures are in6 cluded in the annual performance evaluations of 

7 all managers, senior managers, senior executive 

8 service personnel, and political appointees; 

9 ‘‘(2) ensure that senior agency officials provide 

10 information security for the information and infor11 mation systems that support the operations and as12 sets under their control, including through— 

13 ‘‘(A) assessing the risk and magnitude of 

14 the harm that could result from the unauthor15 ized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modi16 fication, or destruction of such information or 

17 information system; 

18 ‘‘(B) determining the levels of information 

19 security appropriate to protect such information 

20 and information systems in accordance with 

21 policies, principles, standards, and guidelines 

22 promulgated under section 11331 of title 40 

23 and section 20 of the National Institute of 

24 Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 


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1 278g–3) for information security classifications 

2 and related requirements; 

3 ‘‘(C) implementing policies and procedures 

4 to cost effectively reduce risks to an acceptable 

5 level; 

6 ‘‘(D) with a frequency sufficient to support 

7 risk-based security decisions, testing and evalu8 ating information security controls and tech9 niques to ensure that such controls and tech10 niques are effectively implemented and oper11 ated; and 

12 ‘‘(E) with a frequency sufficient to support 

13 risk-based security decisions, conducting threat 

14 assessments by monitoring information systems, 

15 identifying potential system vulnerabilities, and 

16 reporting security incidents in accordance with 

17 paragraph (3)(A)(v); 

18 ‘‘(3) delegate to the Chief Information Officer 

19 or equivalent (or a senior agency official who reports 

20 to the Chief Information Officer or equivalent), who 

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1 pliance with the requirements imposed on the agency 

2 under this subchapter, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) overseeing the establishment and 

4 maintenance of a security operations capability 

5 that through automated and continuous moni6 toring, when possible, can— 

7 ‘‘(i) detect, report, respond to, con8 tain, and mitigate incidents that impair in9 formation security and agency information 

10 systems, in accordance with policy provided 

11 by the Director; 

12 ‘‘(ii) commensurate with the risk to 

13 information security, monitor and mitigate 

14 the vulnerabilities of every information sys15 tem within the agency; 

16 ‘‘(iii) continually evaluate risks posed 

17 to information collected or maintained by 

18 or on behalf of the agency and information 

19 systems and hold senior agency officials 

20 accountable for ensuring information secu21 rity; 

22 ‘‘(iv) collaborate with the Director and 

23 appropriate public and private sector secu24 rity operations centers to detect, report, re25 spond to, contain, and mitigate incidents 


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1 that impact the security of information 

2 and information systems that extend be3 yond the control of the agency; and 

4 ‘‘(v) report any incident described 

5 under clauses (i) and (ii) to the Federal in6 formation security incident center, to other 

7 appropriate security operations centers, 

8 and to the Inspector General of the agen9 cy, to the extent practicable, within 24 

10 hours after discovery of the incident, but 

11 no later than 48 hours after such dis12 covery; 

13 ‘‘(B) developing, maintaining, and over14 seeing an agencywide information security pro15 gram as required by subsection (b); 

16 ‘‘(C) developing, maintaining, and over17 seeing information security policies, procedures, 

18 and control techniques to address all applicable 

19 requirements, including those issued under sec20 tion 11331 of title 40; 

21 ‘‘(D) training and overseeing personnel 

22 with significant responsibilities for information 

23 security with respect to such responsibilities; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(E) assisting senior agency officials con2 cerning their responsibilities under paragraph 

3 (2); 

4 ‘‘(4) ensure that the agency has a sufficient 

5 number of trained and cleared personnel to assist 

6 the agency in complying with the requirements of 

7 this subchapter, other applicable laws, and related 

8 policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines; 

9 ‘‘(5) ensure that the Chief Information Security 

10 Officer, in consultation with other senior agency offi11 cials, reports periodically, but not less than annually, 

12 to the agency head on— 

13 ‘‘(A) the effectiveness of the agency infor14 mation security program; 

15 ‘‘(B) information derived from automated 

16 and continuous monitoring, when possible, and 

17 threat assessments; and 

18 ‘‘(C) the progress of remedial actions; 

19 ‘‘(6) ensure that the Chief Information Security 

20 Officer possesses the necessary qualifications, includ21 ing education, training, experience, and the security 

22 clearance required to administer the functions de23 scribed under this subchapter; and has information 

24 security duties as the primary duty of that official; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(7) ensure that components of that agency es2 tablish and maintain an automated reporting mecha3 nism that allows the Chief Information Security Of4 ficer with responsibility for the entire agency, and all 

5 components thereof, to implement, monitor, and hold 

6 senior agency officers accountable for the implemen7 tation of appropriate security policies, procedures, 

8 and controls of agency components. 

9 ‘‘(b) AGENCY PROGRAM.—Each agency shall develop, 

10 document, and implement an agencywide information se11 curity program, approved by the Director and consistent 

12 with components across and within agencies, to provide 

13 information security for the information and information 

14 systems that support the operations and assets of the 

15 agency, including those provided or managed by another 

16 agency, contractor, or other source, that includes— 

17 ‘‘(1) automated and continuous monitoring, 

18 when possible, of the risk and magnitude of the 

19 harm that could result from the disruption or unau20 thorized access, use, disclosure, modification, or de21 struction of information and information systems 

22 that support the operations and assets of the agen23 cy; 

24 ‘‘(2) consistent with guidance developed under 

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1 and penetration tests commensurate with the risk 

2 posed to agency information systems; 

3 ‘‘(3) policies and procedures that— 

4 ‘‘(A) cost effectively reduce information se5 curity risks to an acceptable level; 

6 ‘‘(B) ensure compliance with— 

7 ‘‘(i) the requirements of this sub8 chapter; 

9 ‘‘(ii) policies and procedures as may 

10 be prescribed by the Director, and infor11 mation security standards promulgated 

12 pursuant to section 11331 of title 40; 

13 ‘‘(iii) minimally acceptable system 

14 configuration requirements, as determined 

15 by the Director; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) any other applicable require17 ments, including— 

18 ‘‘(I) standards and guidelines for 

19 national security systems issued in ac20 cordance with law and as directed by 

21 the President; and 

22 ‘‘(II) the National Institute of 

23 Standards and Technology standards 

24 and guidance; 


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1 ‘‘(C) develop, maintain, and oversee infor2 mation security policies, procedures, and control 

3 techniques to address all applicable require4 ments, including those promulgated pursuant 

5 section 11331 of title 40; and 

6 ‘‘(D) ensure the oversight and training of 

7 personnel with significant responsibilities for in8 formation security with respect to such respon9 sibilities; 

10 ‘‘(4) with a frequency sufficient to support risk11 based security decisions, automated and continuous 

12 monitoring, when possible, for testing and evaluation 

13 of the effectiveness and compliance of information 

14 security policies, procedures, and practices, includ15 ing— 

16 ‘‘(A) controls of every information system 

17 identified in the inventory required under sec18 tion 3505(c); and 

19 ‘‘(B) controls relied on for an evaluation 

20 under this section; 

21 ‘‘(5) a process for planning, implementing, eval22 uating, and documenting remedial action to address 

23 any deficiencies in the information security policies, 

24 procedures, and practices of the agency; 


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1 ‘‘(6) with a frequency sufficient to support risk2 based security decisions, automated and continuous 

3 monitoring, when possible, for detecting, reporting, 

4 and responding to security incidents, consistent with 

5 standards and guidelines issued by the National In6 stitute of Standards and Technology, including— 

7 ‘‘(A) mitigating risks associated with such 

8 incidents before substantial damage is done; 

9 ‘‘(B) notifying and consulting with the 

10 Federal information security incident center 

11 and other appropriate security operations re12 sponse centers; and 

13 ‘‘(C) notifying and consulting with, as ap14 propriate— 

15 ‘‘(i) law enforcement agencies and rel16 evant Offices of Inspectors General; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) any other agency, office, or enti18 ty, in accordance with law or as directed 

19 by the President; and 

20 ‘‘(7) plans and procedures to ensure continuity 

21 of operations for information systems that support 

22 the operations and assets of the agency. 

23 ‘‘(c) AGENCY REPORTING.—Each agency shall— 

24 ‘‘(1) submit an annual report on the adequacy 

25 and effectiveness of information security policies, 


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1 procedures, and practices, and compliance with the 

2 requirements of this subchapter, including compli3 ance with each requirement of subsection (b) to— 

4 ‘‘(A) the Director; 

5 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

6 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 

7 ‘‘(C) the Committee on Oversight and Gov8 ernment Reform of the House of Representa9 tives; 

10 ‘‘(D) other appropriate authorization and 

11 appropriations committees of Congress; and 

12 ‘‘(E) the Comptroller General; 

13 ‘‘(2) address the adequacy and effectiveness of 

14 information security policies, procedures, and prac15 tices in plans and reports relating to— 

16 ‘‘(A) annual agency budgets; 

17 ‘‘(B) information resources management of 

18 this subchapter; 

19 ‘‘(C) information technology management 

20 under this chapter; 

21 ‘‘(D) program performance under sections 

22 1105 and 1115 through 1119 of title 31, and 

23 sections 2801 and 2805 of title 39; 

24 ‘‘(E) financial management under chapter 

25 9 of title 31, and the Chief Financial Officers 


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1 Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 501 note; Public Law 

2 101–576); 

3 ‘‘(F) financial management systems under 

4 the Federal Financial Management Improve5 ment Act of 1996 (31 U.S.C. 3512 note); and 

6 ‘‘(G) internal accounting and administra7 tive controls under section 3512 of title 31; and 

8 ‘‘(3) report any significant deficiency in a pol9 icy, procedure, or practice identified under para10 graph (1) or (2)— 

11 ‘‘(A) as a material weakness in reporting 

12 under section 3512 of title 31; and 

13 ‘‘(B) if relating to financial management 

14 systems, as an instance of a lack of substantial 

15 compliance under the Federal Financial Man16 agement Improvement Act of 1996 (31 U.S.C. 

17 3512 note). 

18 ‘‘§ 3555. Federal information security incident center 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall ensure the 

20 operation of a central Federal information security inci21 dent center to— 

22 ‘‘(1) provide timely technical assistance to oper23 ators of agency information systems regarding secu24 rity incidents, including guidance on detecting and 

25 handling information security incidents; 


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1 ‘‘(2) compile and analyze information about in2 cidents that threaten information security; 

3 ‘‘(3) inform operators of agency information 

4 systems about current and potential information se5 curity threats, and vulnerabilities; and 

6 ‘‘(4) consult with the National Institute of 

7 Standards and Technology, agencies or offices oper8 ating or exercising control of national security sys9 tems (including the National Security Agency), and 

10 such other agencies or offices in accordance with law 

11 and as directed by the President regarding informa12 tion security incidents and related matters. 

13 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS.—Each agency 

14 operating or exercising control of a national security sys15 tem shall share information about information security in16 cidents, threats, and vulnerabilities with the Federal infor17 mation security incident center to the extent consistent 

18 with standards and guidelines for national security sys19 tems, issued in accordance with law and as directed by 

20 the President. 

21 ‘‘(c) REVIEW AND APPROVAL.—The Director shall 

22 review and approve the policies, procedures, and guidance 

23 established in this subchapter to ensure that the incident 

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1 diate incidents that impair the adequate security of the 

2 information systems of more than one agency. To the ex3 tent practicable, the capability shall be continuous and 

4 technically automated. 

5 ‘‘§ 3556. National security systems 

6 ‘‘The head of each agency operating or exercising 

7 control of a national security system shall be responsible 

8 for ensuring that the agency— 

9 ‘‘(1) provides information security protections 

10 commensurate with the risk and magnitude of the 

11 harm resulting from the unauthorized access, use, 

12 disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of 

13 the information contained in such system; 

14 ‘‘(2) implements information security policies 

15 and practices as required by standards and guide16 lines for national security systems, issued in accord17 ance with law and as directed by the President; and 

18 ‘‘(3) complies with the requirements of this sub19 chapter.’’. 

20 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

21 (a) TABLE OF SECTIONS IN TITLE 44.—The table 

22 of sections for chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 

23 is amended by striking the matter relating to subchapters 

24 II and III and inserting the following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—INFORMATION SECURITY

‘‘Sec. 


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‘‘3551. Purposes. 

‘‘3552. Definitions. 

‘‘3553. Authority and functions of the Director. 

‘‘3554. Agency responsibilities. 

‘‘3555. Federal information security incident center. 

‘‘3556. National security systems.’’. 

1 (b) OTHER REFERENCES.— 

2 (1) Section 1001(c)(1)(A) of the Homeland Se3 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 511(c)(1)(A)) is 

4 amended by striking ‘‘section 3532(3)’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘section 3552(b)’’. 

6 (2) Section 2222(j)(5) of title 10, United States 

7 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 3542(b)(2)’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘section 3552(b)’’. 

9 (3) Section 2223(c)(3) of title 10, United 

10 States Code, is amended, by striking ‘‘section 

11 3542(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3552(b)’’. 

12 (4) Section 2315 of title 10, United States 

13 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 3542(b)(2)’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘section 3552(b)’’. 

15 (5) Section 20 of the National Institute of 

16 Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3) 

17 is amended— 

18 (A) in subsections (a)(2) and (e)(5), by 

19 striking ‘‘section 3532(b)(2)’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘section 3552(b)’’; and 

21 (B) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘sec22 tion 3532(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3552(b)’’. 


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1 (6) Section 8(d)(1) of the Cyber Security Re2 search and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7406(d)(1)) 

3 is amended by striking ‘‘section 3534(b)’’ and in4 serting ‘‘section 3554(b)’’. 

5 SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

6 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

7 requirements of section 3554 of title 44, United States 

8 Code, as amended by section 2 of this Act. Such require9 ments shall be carried out using amounts otherwise au10 thorized or appropriated. 

11 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

12 This Act (including the amendments made by this 

13 Act) shall take effect 30 days after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 26, 2012. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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