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Union Calendar No. 243 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6824 

[Report No. 117–324] 

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 

MAY 13, 2022 

Additional sponsor: Mr. GARBARINO

MAY 13, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 25, 2022] 


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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. 


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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 Cyberse5 curity Competition Act’’. 

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

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

8 and Infrastructure Security Agency (referred to in this sec9 tion as the ‘‘Director’’) of the Department of Homeland Se10 curity is authorized to hold an annual cybersecurity com11 petition to be known as the ‘‘Department of Homeland Se12 curity Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s 

13 President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition’’ (in this section 

14 referred to as the ‘‘competition’’) for the purpose of identi15 fying, challenging, and competitively awarding prizes, in16 cluding cash prizes, to the United States Government’s best 

17 cybersecurity practitioners and teams across offensive and 

18 defensive cybersecurity disciplines. 

19 (b) COMPETITION DESIGN.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 1342 

21 of title 31, United States Code, the Director, in car22 rying out the competition, may consult with, and 

23 consider advice from, any person who has experience 

24 or expertise in the development, design, or execution 

25 of cybersecurity competitions. 


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1 (2) LIMITATION.—The Federal Advisory Com2 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to con3 sultations pursuant to this section. 

4 (3) PROHIBITION.—A person with whom the Di5 rector consults under paragraph (1) may not— 

6 (A) receive pay by reason of being so con7 sulted; or 

8 (B) be considered an employee of the Fed9 eral Government by reason of so consulting. 

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

11 competition, an individual shall be a Federal civilian em12 ployee or member of the uniformed services (as such term 

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

14 and shall comply with any rules promulgated by the Direc15 tor regarding the competition. 

16 (d) COMPETITION ADMINISTRATION.—The Director 

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

18 or other agreement with a private sector for-profit or non19 profit entity or State or local government agency to admin20 ister the competition. 

21 (e) COMPETITION PARAMETERS.—Each competition 

22 shall incorporate the following elements: 

23 (1) Cybersecurity skills outlined in the National 

24 Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Framework, or 

25 any successor framework. 


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1 (2) Individual and team events. 

2 (3) Categories demonstrating offensive and defen3 sive cyber operations, such as software reverse engi4 neering and exploitation, network operations, 

5 forensics, big data analysis, cyber analysis, cyber de6 fense, cyber exploitation, secure programming, obfus7 cated coding, or cyber-physical systems. 

8 (4) Any other elements related to paragraphs (1), 

9 (2), or (3) as determined necessary by the Director. 

10 (f) FUNDING.—Support for the competition, including 

11 financial support for the design and administration of the 

12 competition or funds for a cash prize, may consist of— 

13 (1) amounts appropriated pursuant to appro14 priations Acts or otherwise made available for such 

15 purpose; and 

16 (2) funds provided by other Federal agencies, 

17 which— 

18 (A) shall be credited to, and in addition to, 

19 any amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

20 available pursuant to paragraph (1) to carry out 

21 this section; and 

22 (B) may be obligated and expended for such 

23 purpose by the Secretary of the Homeland Secu24 rity, acting through the Director. 


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1 (g) USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other pro2 vision of law, the Director may use funds available for car3 rying out the competition authorized under this section for 

4 the following: 

5 (1) Advertising, marketing, and promoting the 

6 competition. 

7 (2) Meals for participants and organizers of the 

8 competition if attendance at the meal during the com9 petition is necessary to maintain the integrity of the 

10 competition. 

11 (3) Promotional items, including merchandise 

12 and apparel. 

13 (4) Monetary and nonmonetary awards for com14 petition participants, including members of the uni15 formed services. 

16 (5) Necessary expenses for the honorary recogni17 tion of competition participants, including members 

18 of the uniformed services. 

19 (6) Any other appropriate activity necessary to 

20 carry out the competition, as determined by the Di21 rector. 

22 (h) PRIZE LIMITATION.—The Director may make one 

23 or more awards per competition, except that the amount 

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

25 of Homeland Security may make one or more awards per 


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

2 not to exceed $25,000. A monetary award under this section 

3 shall be in addition to the regular pay of the recipient. 

4 (i) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall 

5 annually provide to the Committee on Homeland Security 

6 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

7 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

8 a report that includes the following: 

9 (1) A description of available funds under sub10 section (f) for each competition conducted in the pre11 ceding year. 

12 (2) A description of expenditures authorized in 

13 subsection (g) for each competition. 

14 (3) Information relating to the participation of 

15 each competition. 

16 (4) Information relating to lessons learned from 

17 each competition and how such lessons may be ap18 plied to improve cybersecurity operations and recruit19 ment of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 

20 Agency of the Department of Homeland Security. 


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Union Calendar No. 243 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6824 

[Report No. 117–324] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 

rity disciplines, and for other purposes. tion relating to offensive and defensive cybersecuSecurity to hold an annual cybersecurity competiSecurity Agency of the Department of Homeland 

MAY 13, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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