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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2519 

To codify an existing operations center for cybersecurity. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2014 

Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. COBURN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To codify an existing operations center for cybersecurity. 

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 ‘‘National Cybersecurity 

5 and Communications Integration Center Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AND COMMUNICA7 TIONS INTEGRATION CENTER. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home9 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend10 ed by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 210G. OPERATIONS CENTER. 

2 ‘‘(a) FUNCTIONS.—There is in the Department an 

3 operations center, which may carry out the responsibilities 

4 of the Under Secretary appointed under section 

5 103(a)(1)(H) with respect to security and resilience, in6 cluding by— 

7 ‘‘(1) serving as a Federal civilian information 

8 sharing interface for cybersecurity; 

9 ‘‘(2) providing shared situational awareness to 

10 enable real-time, integrated, and operational actions 

11 across the Federal Government; 

12 ‘‘(3) sharing cybersecurity threat, vulnerability, 

13 impact, and incident information and analysis by 

14 and among Federal, State, and local government en15 tities and private sector entities; 

16 ‘‘(4) coordinating cybersecurity information 

17 sharing throughout the Federal Government; 

18 ‘‘(5) conducting analysis of cybersecurity risks 

19 and incidents; 

20 ‘‘(6) upon request, providing timely technical 

21 assistance to Federal and non-Federal entities with 

22 respect to cybersecurity threats and attribution, vul23 nerability mitigation, and incident response and re24 mediation; and 


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1 ‘‘(7) providing recommendations on security 

2 and resilience measures to Federal and non-Federal 

3 entities. 

4 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The operations center shall be 

5 composed of— 

6 ‘‘(1) personnel or other representatives of Fed7 eral agencies, including civilian and law enforcement 

8 agencies and elements of the intelligence community, 

9 as such term is defined under section 3(4) of the 

10 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)); 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(2) representatives from State and local gov13 ernments and other non-Federal entities, includ14 ing— 

15 ‘‘(A) representatives from information 

16 sharing and analysis organizations; and 

17 ‘‘(B) private sector owners and operators 

18 of critical information systems. 

19 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 

20 the date of enactment of the National Cybersecurity and 

21 Communications Integration Center Act of 2014, and 

22 every year thereafter for 3 years, the Secretary shall sub23 mit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern24 mental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on HomeVerDate Mar 15 2010 04:32 Jun 28, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2519.IS S2519

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1 land Security of the House of Representatives a report on 

2 the operations center, which shall include— 

3 ‘‘(1) an analysis of the performance of the oper4 ations center in carrying out the functions under 

5 subsection (a); 

6 ‘‘(2) information on the composition of the cen7 ter, including— 

8 ‘‘(A) the number of representatives from 

9 non-Federal entities that are participating in 

10 the operations center, including the number of 

11 representatives from States, nonprofit organiza12 tions, and private sector entities, respectively; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(B) the number of requests from non15 Federal entities to participate in the operations 

16 center and the response to such requests, in17 cluding— 

18 ‘‘(i) the average length of time to ful19 fill such identified requests by the Federal 

20 agency responsible for fulfilling such re21 quests; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) a description of any obstacles or 

23 challenges to fulfilling such requests; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) the policies and procedures established by 

2 the operations center to safeguard privacy and civil 

3 liberties. 

4 ‘‘(d) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

5 date of enactment of the National Cybersecurity and Com6 munications Integration Center Act of 2014, the Comp7 troller General of the United States shall submit to the 

8 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af9 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Secu10 rity of the House of Representatives a report on the effec11 tiveness of the operations center. 

12 ‘‘(e) NO RIGHT OR BENEFIT.—The provision of as13 sistance or information to, and inclusion in the operations 

14 center of, governmental or private entities under this sec15 tion shall be at the discretion of the Under Secretary ap16 pointed under section 103(a)(1)(H). The provision of cer17 tain assistance or information to, or inclusion in the oper18 ations center of, one governmental or private entity pursu19 ant to this section shall not create a right or benefit, sub20 stantive or procedural, to similar assistance or information 

21 for any other governmental or private entity.’’. 

22 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

23 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Se24 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by 


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1 inserting after the item relating to section 210F the fol2 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 210G. Operations center.’’. 

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