116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1846 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide 

for engagements with State, local, Tribal, and territorial 

governments, 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 Gov3 ernment Cybersecurity Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT 

5 OF 2002. 

6 Subtitle A of title XXII of the Homeland Security 

7 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) in section 2201 (6 U.S.C. 651)— 

9 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 

10 and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respec11 tively; and 

12 (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(4) ENTITY.—The term ‘entity’ shall in15 clude— 

16 ‘‘(A) an association, corporation, whether 

17 for-profit or nonprofit, partnership, proprietor18 ship, organization, institution, establishment, or 

19 individual, whether domestic or foreign; 

20 ‘‘(B) a governmental agency or other gov21 ernmental entity, whether domestic or foreign, 

22 including State, local, Tribal, and territorial 

23 government entities; and 

24 ‘‘(C) the general public.’’; and 

25 (2) in section 2202 (6 U.S.C. 652)— 

26 (A) in subsection (c)— 
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1 (i) in paragraph (10), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (11) 

4 as paragraph (12); and 

5 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (10) 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(11) carry out the authority of the Secretary 

8 under subsection (e)(1)(R); and’’; and 

9 (B) in subsection (e)(1), by adding at the 

10 end the following: 

11 ‘‘(R) To make grants to and enter into co12 operative agreements or contracts with States, 

13 local, Tribal, and territorial governments, and 

14 other non-Federal entities as the Secretary de15 termines necessary to carry out the responsibil16 ities of the Secretary related to cybersecurity 

17 and infrastructure security under this Act and 

18 any other provision of law, including grants, co19 operative agreements, and contracts that pro20 vide assistance and education related to cyber 

21 threat indicators, defensive measures and cyber22 security technologies, cybersecurity risks, inci23 dents, analysis, and warnings.’’; and 

24 (3) in section 2209 (6 U.S.C. 659)— 
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1 (A) in subsection (c)(6), by inserting 

2 ‘‘operational and’’ after ‘‘timely’’; 

3 (B) in subsection (d)(1)(E), by inserting ‘‘, 

4 including an entity that collaborates with elec5 tion officials,’’ after ‘‘governments’’; and 

6 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(n) COORDINATION ON CYBERSECURITY FOR FED8 ERAL AND NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) COORDINATION.—The Center shall, to the 

10 extent practicable, and in coordination as appro11 priate with Federal and non-Federal entities, such 

12 as the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis 

13 Center— 

14 ‘‘(A) conduct exercises with Federal and 

15 non-Federal entities; 

16 ‘‘(B) provide operational and technical cy17 bersecurity training related to cyber threat indi18 cators, defensive measures, cybersecurity risks, 

19 and incidents to Federal and non-Federal enti20 ties to address cybersecurity risks or incidents, 

21 with or without reimbursement; 

22 ‘‘(C) assist Federal and non-Federal enti23 ties, upon request, in sharing cyber threat indi24 cators, defensive measures, cybersecurity risks, 

25 and incidents from and to the Federal Govern-
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1 ment as well as among Federal and non-Fed2 eral entities, in order to increase situational 

3 awareness and help prevent incidents; 

4 ‘‘(D) provide notifications containing spe5 cific incident and malware information that 

6 may affect them or their customers and resi7 dents; 

8 ‘‘(E) provide and periodically update via a 

9 web portal and other means tools, products, re10 sources, policies, guidelines, controls, and other 

11 cybersecurity standards and best practices and 

12 procedures related to information security; 

13 ‘‘(F) work with senior Federal and non14 Federal officials, including State and local Chief 

15 Information Officers, senior election officials, 

16 and through national associations, to coordinate 

17 a nationwide effort to ensure effective imple18 mentation of tools, products, resources, policies, 

19 guidelines, controls, and procedures related to 

20 information security to secure and ensure the 

21 resiliency of Federal and non-Federal informa22 tion systems and including election systems; 

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

24 and technical assistance to Federal and non25 Federal entities to implement tools, products, 
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1 resources, policies, guidelines, controls, and pro2 cedures on information security, including by, 

3 as appropriate, deploying and sustaining cyber4 security technologies, such as an intrusion de5 tection capability, to assist those Federal and 

6 non-Federal entities in detecting cybersecurity 

7 risks and incidents; 

8 ‘‘(H) assist Federal and non-Federal enti9 ties in developing policies and procedures for 

10 coordinating vulnerability disclosures, to the ex11 tent practicable, consistent with international 

12 and national standards in the information tech13 nology industry; 

14 ‘‘(I) ensure that Federal and non-Federal 

15 entities, as appropriate, are made aware of the 

16 tools, products, resources, policies, guidelines, 

17 controls, and procedures on information secu18 rity developed by the Department and other ap19 propriate Federal departments and agencies for 

20 ensuring the security and resiliency of civilian 

21 information systems; and 

22 ‘‘(J) promote cybersecurity education and 

23 awareness through engagements with Federal 

24 and non-Federal entities. 
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1 ‘‘(o) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

2 of enactment of this subsection, and every 2 years there3 after, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 

4 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen5 ate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

6 House of Representatives a report on the status of cyber7 security measures that are in place, and any gaps that 

8 exist, in each State and in the largest urban areas of the 

9 United States.’’. 

Passed the Senate November 21, 2019. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1846 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

poses. and territorial governments, and for other purprovide for engagements with State, local, Tribal,