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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4217 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to develop tools to help 

State and local governments establish or improve cybersecurity, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 30, 2019 

Mr. KATKO (for himself and Ms. SLOTKIN) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to develop 

tools to help State and local governments establish or 

improve cybersecurity, 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 ‘‘State and Local Cyber5 security Improvement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STATE CYBERSECURITY GRANTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XXII of the 

8 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) 


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1 is amended by adding at the end the following new sec2 tions: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 2215. CYBERSECURITY RESOURCE GUIDE DEVELOP4 MENT FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 

5 OFFICIALS. 

6 ‘‘The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall 

7 develop a resource guide for use by State, local, and Tribal 

8 officials, including law enforcement officers, to help such 

9 officials prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover 

10 from, and mitigate against cyber attacks. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 2216. STATE IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH VALUE AS12 SETS. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish a 

14 State and local government cybersecurity initiative to 

15 make grants to State and local governments to identify 

16 high value assets and critical system architecture in order 

17 to assess cybersecurity risks (as such term is defined in 

18 section 2209). 

19 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State and local gov21 ernment may apply for a grant under this section, 

22 and shall submit such information in support of an 

23 application relating thereto as the Director may re24 quire. 


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1 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.— 

2 An application under this subsection shall include 

3 the following: 

4 ‘‘(A) A description of how the State or 

5 local government plans to allocate grant funds. 

6 ‘‘(B) A budget showing how the State or 

7 local government intends to expend grant funds. 

8 ‘‘(3) DURATION.—Grants under this section 

9 shall be for one year, and a State or local govern10 ment may not reapply until five years has elapsed 

11 from the previous award of such a grant. 

12 ‘‘(c) GRANT AWARD.—To be eligible to receive a 

13 grant under this section, a State or local government shall 

14 agree to contribute, from State or local government appro15 priated funds, other State or local government revenue, 

16 or from private contributions received by the State or local 

17 government, not less than 20 percent of the amount of 

18 the grant. 

19 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

20 is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of 

21 fiscal years 2020 through 2024 and such sums as may 

22 be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter to carry out 

23 this section. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 2217. STATE CYBER EXERCISES GRANTS. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish a 

3 State and local government cybersecurity initiative to 

4 make grants to State and local governments to conduct 

5 tabletop and live training exercises to assess the capability 

6 of the State or local government to respond to a 

7 cyberattack. 

8 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State and local gov10 ernment may apply for a grant under this section, 

11 and shall submit such information in support of an 

12 application relating thereto as the Director may re13 quire. 

14 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.— 

15 An application under this subsection shall include 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) A description of how the State or 

18 local government plans to allocate grant funds. 

19 ‘‘(B) A budget showing how the State or 

20 local government intends to expend grant funds. 

21 ‘‘(3) DURATION.—Grants under this section 

22 shall be for one year, and a State or local govern23 ment may apply or reapply on an annual basis. 

24 ‘‘(c) GRANT AWARD.—To be eligible to receive a 

25 grant under this section, a State or local government shall 

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1 priated funds, other State or local government revenue, 

2 or from private contributions received by the State or local 

3 government, not less than 20 percent of the amount of 

4 the grant. 

5 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of 

7 fiscal years 2020 through 2024 and such sums as may 

8 be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter to carry out 

9 this section’’. 

10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

11 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

12 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

13 2214 the following new items: 

‘‘Sec. 2215. Cybersecurity resource guide development for State and local government officials. 

‘‘Sec. 2216. State identification of high value assets. 

‘‘Sec. 2217. State cyber exercises grants.’’. 

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