114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5843 

AN ACT 

To establish a grant program at the Department of Homeland Security to promote cooperative research and development between the United States and Israel on cybersecurity. 

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 ‘‘United States-Israel 

3 Cybersecurity Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2016’’. 

4 SEC. 2. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL CYBERSECURITY CO5 OPERATION. 

6 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

7 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in ac8 cordance with the agreement entitled the ‘‘Agree9 ment between the Government of the United States 

10 of America and the Government of the State of 

11 Israel on Cooperation in Science and Technology for 

12 Homeland Security Matters’’, dated May 29, 2008 

13 (or successor agreement), and the requirements 

14 specified in paragraph (2), shall establish a grant 

15 program at the Department to support— 

16 (A) cybersecurity research and develop17 ment; and 

18 (B) demonstration and commercialization 

19 of cybersecurity technology. 

20 (2) REQUIREMENTS.— 

21 (A) APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding any 

22 other provision of law, in carrying out a re23 search, development, demonstration, or com24 mercial application program or activity that is 

25 authorized under this section, the Secretary 
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1 shall require cost sharing in accordance with 

2 this paragraph. 

3 (B) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 

4 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

5 in clause (ii), the Secretary shall require 

6 not less than 50 percent of the cost of a 

7 research, development, demonstration, or 

8 commercial application program or activity 

9 described in subparagraph (A) to be pro10 vided by a non-Federal source. 

11 (ii) REDUCTION.—The Secretary may 

12 reduce or eliminate, on a case-by-case 

13 basis, the percentage requirement specified 

14 in clause (i) if the Secretary determines 

15 that such reduction or elimination is nec16 essary and appropriate. 

17 (C) MERIT REVIEW.—In carrying out a re18 search, development, demonstration, or com19 mercial application program or activity that is 

20 authorized under this section, awards shall be 

21 made only after an impartial review of the sci22 entific and technical merit of the proposals for 

23 such awards has been carried out by or for the 

24 Department. 
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1 (D) REVIEW PROCESSES.—In carrying out 

2 a review under subparagraph (C), the Secretary 

3 may use merit review processes developed under 

4 section 302(14) of the Homeland Security Act 

5 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 182(14)). 

6 (3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—An applicant shall 

7 be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection 

8 if the project of such applicant— 

9 (A) addresses a requirement in the area of 

10 cybersecurity research or cybersecurity tech11 nology, as determined by the Secretary; and 

12 (B) is a joint venture between— 

13 (i)(I) a for-profit business entity, aca14 demic institution, National Laboratory (as 

15 defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy 

16 Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)), or non17 profit entity in the United States; and 

18 (II) a for-profit business entity, aca19 demic institution, or nonprofit entity in 

20 Israel; or 

21 (ii)(I) the Federal Government; and 

22 (II) the Government of Israel. 

23 (4) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 

24 grant under this subsection, an applicant shall sub25 mit to the Secretary an application for such grant 
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1 in accordance with procedures established by the 

2 Secretary, in consultation with the advisory board 

3 established under paragraph (5). 

4 (5) ADVISORY BOARD.— 

5 (A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary 

6 shall establish an advisory board to— 

7 (i) monitor the method by which 

8 grants are awarded under this subsection; 

9 and 

10 (ii) provide to the Secretary periodic 

11 performance reviews of actions taken to 

12 carry out this subsection. 

13 (B) COMPOSITION.—The advisory board 

14 established under subparagraph (A) shall be 

15 composed of three members, to be appointed by 

16 the Secretary, of whom— 

17 (i) one shall be a representative of the 

18 Federal Government; 

19 (ii) one shall be selected from a list of 

20 nominees provided by the United States21 Israel Binational Science Foundation; and 

22 (iii) one shall be selected from a list 

23 of nominees provided by the United States24 Israel Binational Industrial Research and 

25 Development Foundation. 
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1 (6) CONTRIBUTED FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 

2 any other provision of law, the Secretary may accept 

3 or retain funds contributed by any person, govern4 ment entity, or organization for purposes of carrying 

5 out this subsection. Such funds shall be available, 

6 subject to appropriation, without fiscal year limita7 tion. 

8 (7) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

9 the date of completion of a project for which a grant 

10 is provided under this subsection, the grant recipient 

11 shall submit to the Secretary a report that con12 tains— 

13 (A) a description of how the grant funds 

14 were used by the recipient; and 

15 (B) an evaluation of the level of success of 

16 each project funded by the grant. 

17 (8) CLASSIFICATION.—Grants shall be awarded 

18 under this subsection only for projects that are con19 sidered to be unclassified by both the United States 

20 and Israel. 

21 (b) TERMINATION.—The grant program and the ad22 visory board established under this section terminate on 

23 the date that is seven years after the date of the enact24 ment of this Act. 
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1 (c) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—No 

2 additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to 

3 carry out this Act. 

4 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

5 (1) the term ‘‘cybersecurity research’’ means re6 search, including social science research, into ways 

7 to identify, protect against, detect, respond to, and 

8 recover from cybersecurity threats; 

9 (2) the term ‘‘cybersecurity technology’’ means 

10 technology intended to identify, protect against, de11 tect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity 

12 threats; 

13 (3) the term ‘‘cybersecurity threat’’ has the 

14 meaning given such term in section 102 of the Cy15 bersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (en16 acted as title I of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (di17 vision N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

18 2016 (Public Law 114–113))); 

19 (4) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart20 ment of Homeland Security; and 
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1 (5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

2 of Homeland Security. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 29, 

2016. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5843 

AN ACT 

To establish a grant program at the Department of 

States and Israel on cybersecurity. search and development between the United Homeland Security to promote cooperative re-