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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6824 

To authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the 

Department of Homeland Security to hold an annual cybersecurity competition relating to offensive and defensive cybersecurity disciplines, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2022 

Mrs. LURIA (for herself and Mr. CONNOLLY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

Agency of the Department of Homeland Security to hold 

an annual cybersecurity competition relating to offensive 

and defensive cybersecurity disciplines, 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 ‘‘President’s Cup Cyber5 security Competition Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PRESIDENT’S CUP CYBERSECURITY COMPETITION. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Cybersecurity 

3 and Infrastructure Security Agency (referred to in this 

4 section as the ‘‘Director’’) of the Department of Homeland 

5 Security is authorized to hold an annual cybersecurity 

6 competition to be known as the ‘‘Department of Homeland 

7 Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agen8 cy’s President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition’’ (in this 

9 section referred to as the ‘‘competition’’) for the purpose 

10 of identifying, challenging, and competitively awarding 

11 prizes, including cash prizes, to the United States Govern12 ment’s best cybersecurity practitioners and teams across 

13 offensive and defensive cybersecurity disciplines. 

14 (b) COMPETITION DESIGN.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

16 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Director, 

17 in carrying out the competition, may consult with, 

18 and consider advice from, any person who has expe19 rience or expertise in the development, design, or 

20 execution of cybersecurity competitions. 

21 (2) LIMITATION.—The Federal Advisory Com22 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to con23 sultations pursuant to this section. 

24 (3) PROHIBITION.—A person with whom the 

25 Director consults under paragraph (1) may not— 


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1 (A) receive pay by reason of being so con2 sulted; or 

3 (B) be considered an employee of the Fed4 eral Government by reason of so consulting. 

5 (c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate in the 

6 competition, an individual shall be a Federal civilian em7 ployee or member of the uniformed services (as such term 

8 is defined in section 2101(3) of title 5, United States 

9 Code) and shall comply with any rules promulgated by the 

10 Director regarding the competition. 

11 (d) COMPETITION ADMINISTRATION.—The Director 

12 may enter into a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, 

13 or other agreement with a private sector for-profit or non14 profit entity or State or local government agency to ad15 minister the competition. 

16 (e) FUNDING.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Support for the competition, 

18 including financial support for the design and ad19 ministration of the competition or funds for a cash 

20 prize, may consist of— 

21 (A) amounts appropriated pursuant to ap22 propriations Acts or otherwise made available 

23 for such purpose; and 

24 (B) in accordance with paragraph (2), 

25 funds provided by other Federal agencies, 


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1 States, United States territories, local govern2 ments, federally recognized Tribal governments, 

3 or private sector for-profit or nonprofit entities. 

4 (2) REQUEST.—The Director may request and 

5 accept funds from other Federal agencies, States, 

6 United States territories, local governments, feder7 ally recognized Tribal governments, and private sec8 tor for-profit and nonprofit entities. 

9 (3) OBLIGATION AND EXPENDITURE.—Funds 

10 accepted pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be credited 

11 to, and in addition to, any amounts appropriated or 

12 otherwise made available pursuant to paragraph 

13 (1)(A) to carry out this section, and the Secretary 

14 of Homeland Security, acting through the Director, 

15 may obligate and expend such funds for such pur16 pose— 

17 (A) without regard to specific authoriza18 tion relating thereto provided in advance in an 

19 appropriations Act; and 

20 (B) not subject to any condition or purpose 

21 relating thereto specified in such appropriations 

22 Act. 

23 (f) USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other pro24 vision of law, the Director may use funds available for carVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:43 Feb 28, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6824.IH H6824

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1 rying out the competition authorized under this section for 

2 the following: 

3 (1) Advertising, marketing, and promoting the 

4 competition. 

5 (2) Meals for participants and organizers of the 

6 competition if attendance at the meal during the 

7 competition is necessary to maintain the integrity of 

8 the competition. 

9 (3) Promotional items, including merchandise 

10 and apparel. 

11 (4) Monetary and nonmonetary awards for com12 petition participants, including members of the uni13 formed services. 

14 (5) Necessary expenses for the honorary rec15 ognition of competition participants, including mem16 bers of the uniformed services. 

17 (6) Any other appropriate activity necessary to 

18 carry out the competition, as determined by the Di19 rector. 

20 (g) PRIZE LIMITATION.—The Director may make one 

21 or more awards per competition, except that the amount 

22 or value of each shall not exceed $10,000. The Secretary 

23 of Homeland Security may make one or more awards per 

24 competition, except the amount or the value of each shall 


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1 not to exceed $25,000. A monetary award under this sec2 tion shall be in addition to the regular pay of the recipient. 

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