IIB 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1997 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 8, 2018 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

To encourage United States-Ukraine cybersecurity cooperation and require a report regarding such cooperation, 

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 ‘‘Ukraine Cybersecurity 

3 Cooperation Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) The United States established diplomatic 

7 relations with Ukraine in 1992, following Ukraine’s 

8 independence from the Soviet Union. 

9 (2) The United States attaches great impor10 tance to the success of Ukraine’s transition to a 

11 modern democratic country with a flourishing mar12 ket economy. 

13 (3) In an effort to undermine democracy in 

14 Ukraine, hackers targeted the country’s voting infra15 structure just days before its 2014 presidential elec16 tion. 

17 (4) In December 2015, a malicious cyber intru18 sion into Ukrainian electric utility companies re19 sulted in widespread power outages. 

20 (5) As a result of the December 2015 cyber in21 cident, the United States sent an interagency team 

22 to Ukraine, including representatives from the De23 partment of Energy, the Federal Bureau of Inves24 tigation, and the North American Electric Reliability 

25 Corporation, to help with the investigation and to 

26 assess the vulnerability of Ukraine’s infrastructure 


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1 to cyber intrusion. The visit was followed up by an2 other interagency delegation to Ukraine in March 

3 2016 and a May 2016 United States-Ukrainian ta4 bletop exercise on mitigating attacks against 

5 Ukraine’s infrastructure. 

6 (6) In response to an escalating series of cyber 

7 attacks on the country’s critical infrastructure—in8 cluding its national railway system, its major stock 

9 exchanges, and its busiest airport—President Petro 

10 Poroshenko declared that ‘‘Cyberspace has turned 

11 into another battlefield for state independence.’’. 

12 (7) In May 2017, Ukraine cited activities on 

13 Russian social media platforms, including pro-Rus14 sian propaganda and offensive cyber operations, as 

15 threats to Ukrainian national security. 

16 (8) Following the June 2017 Petya malware 

17 event—a global cyber incident that primarily af18 fected Ukraine—the Secretary General of the North 

19 Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said ‘‘the 

20 cyber attacks we have seen * * * very much high21 light the importance of the support, the help NATO 

22 provides * * * gives * * * or provides to Ukraine 

23 to strengthen its cyber defenses, technical and other 

24 kinds of support. We will continue to do that and 


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1 it’s an important part of our cooperation with 

2 Ukraine.’’. 

3 (9) In September 2017, the United States and 

4 Ukraine conducted the first United States-Ukraine 

5 Bilateral Cyber Dialogue in Kyiv, during which both 

6 sides affirmed their commitment to an internet that 

7 is open, interoperable, reliable, and secure, and the 

8 United States announced $5 million in new cyber as9 sistance to strengthen Ukraine’s ability to prevent, 

10 mitigate, and respond to cyber attacks. 

11 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

12 It is the policy of the United States to— 

13 (1) reaffirm the United States-Ukraine Charter 

14 on Strategic Partnership, which highlights the im15 portance of the bilateral relationship and outlines 

16 enhanced cooperation in the areas of defense, secu17 rity, economics and trade, energy security, democ18 racy, and cultural exchanges; 

19 (2) support continued cooperation between 

20 NATO and Ukraine; 

21 (3) support Ukraine’s political and economic re22 forms; 

23 (4) reaffirm the commitment of the United 

24 States to the Budapest Memorandum on Security 

25 Assurances; 


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1 (5) assist Ukraine’s efforts to enhance its cy2 bersecurity capabilities; and 

3 (6) improve Ukraine’s ability to respond to 

4 Russian-supported disinformation and propaganda 

5 efforts in cyberspace, including through social media 

6 and other outlets. 

7 SEC. 4. UNITED STATES CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION 

8 WITH UKRAINE. 

9 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con10 gress that the Secretary of State should take the following 

11 actions, commensurate with United States interests, to as12 sist Ukraine to improve its cybersecurity: 

13 (1) Provide Ukraine such support as may be 

14 necessary to secure government computer networks 

15 from malicious cyber intrusions, particularly such 

16 networks that defend the critical infrastructure of 

17 Ukraine. 

18 (2) Provide Ukraine support in reducing reli19 ance on Russian information and communications 

20 technology. 

21 (3) Assist Ukraine to build its capacity, expand 

22 cybersecurity information sharing, and cooperate on 

23 international cyberspace efforts. 

24 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

25 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 


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1 submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

2 of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela3 tions of the Senate a report on United States cybersecu4 rity cooperation with Ukraine. Such report shall also in5 clude information relating to the following: 

6 (1) United States efforts to strengthen 

7 Ukraine’s ability to prevent, mitigate, and respond 

8 to cyber incidents, including through training, edu9 cation, technical assistance, capacity building, and 

10 cybersecurity risk management strategies. 

11 (2) The potential for new areas of collaboration 

12 and mutual assistance between the United States 

13 and Ukraine in addressing shared cyber challenges, 

14 including cybercrime, critical infrastructure protec15 tion, and resilience against botnets and other auto16 mated, distributed threats. 

17 (3) NATO’s efforts to help Ukraine develop 

18 technical capabilities to counter cyber threats. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 

2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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