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cybersecurity recruitment and retention) the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 233. Available protection of Federal information systems.’’. 
SEC. 217. SUNSET. 
This title and the amendments made by this title 
shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date 
of the enactment of this title. 
SEC. 218. REPORT ON CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES 
OF UNITED STATES PORTS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this title, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of 
the Senate a report on cybersecurity vulnerabilities for the 
ten United States ports that the Secretary determines are 
at greatest risk of a cybersecurity incident and provide 
recommendations to mitigate such vulnerabilities. 
SEC. 219. REPORT ON CYBERSECURITY AND CRITICAL IN-
FRASTRUCTURE. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security may consult 
with sector specific agencies, businesses, and stakeholders 
to produce and submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
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on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate a report on how best to align federally funded cy-
bersecurity research and development activities with pri-
vate sector efforts to protect privacy and civil liberties 
while assuring security and resilience of the Nation’s crit-
ical infrastructure, including— 
(1) promoting research and development to en-
able the secure and resilient design and construction 
of critical infrastructure and more secure accom-
panying cyber technology; 
(2) enhancing modeling capabilities to deter-
mine potential impacts on critical infrastructure of 
incidents or threat scenarios, and cascading effects 
on other sectors; and 
(3) facilitating initiatives to incentivize cyberse-
curity investments and the adoption of critical infra-
structure design features that strengthen cybersecu-
rity and resilience. 
SEC. 220. GAO REPORT ON IMPACT PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIB-
ERTIES. 
Not later than 60 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this title, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
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Senate an assessment on the impact on privacy and civil 
liberties limited to the work of the National Cybersecurity 
and Communications Integration Center. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 22, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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