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Union Calendar No. 113 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4055 
[Report No. 117–155] 
To establish a cybersecurity literacy campaign, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2021 
Mr. KINZINGER (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. VEASEY, and 
Ms. HOULAHAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
OCTOBER 26, 2021 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. 
MOORE of Utah, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, and Mr. 
DELGADO 
OCTOBER 26, 2021 
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 June 22, 2021] 
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A BILL 
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purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Cybersecurity 
Literacy Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the United States 
has a national security and economic interest in promoting 
cybersecurity literacy amongst the general public. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF CYBERSECURITY LITERACY 
CAMPAIGN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall de-
velop and conduct a cybersecurity literacy campaign (which 
shall be available in multiple languages and formats, if 
practicable) to increase the knowledge and awareness of the 
American people of best practices to reduce cybersecurity 
risks. 
(b) CAMPAIGN.—To reduce cybersecurity risks, the As-
sistant Secretary shall— 
(1) educate the American people on how to pre-
vent and mitigate cyberattacks and cybersecurity 
risks, including by— 
(A) instructing the American people on how 
to identify— 
(i) phishing emails and messages; and 
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(ii) secure websites; 
(B) instructing the American people about 
the benefits of changing default passwords on 
hardware and software technology; 
(C) encouraging the use of cybersecurity 
tools, including— 
(i) multi-factor authentication; 
(ii) complex passwords; 
(iii) anti-virus software; 
(iv) patching and updating software 
and applications; and 
(v) virtual private networks; 
(D) identifying the devices that could pose 
possible cybersecurity risks, including— 
(i) personal computers; 
(ii) smartphones; 
(iii) tablets; 
(iv) Wi-Fi routers; 
(v) smart home appliances; 
(vi) webcams; 
(vii) internet-connected monitors; and 
(viii) any other device that can be con-
nected to the internet, including mobile de-
vices other than smartphones and tablets; 
(E) encouraging Americans to— 
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(i) regularly review mobile application 
permissions; 
(ii) decline privilege requests from mo-
bile applications that are unnecessary; 
(iii) download applications only from 
trusted vendors or sources; and 
(iv) consider a product’s life cycle and 
the developer or manufacturer’s commit-
ment to providing security updates during 
a connected device’s expected period of use; 
and 
(F) identifying the potential cybersecurity 
risks of using publicly available Wi-Fi networks 
and the methods a user may utilize to limit such 
risks; and 
(2) encourage the American people to use re-
sources to help mitigate the cybersecurity risks identi-
fied in this subsection. 
(c) ASSISTANT SECRETARY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Sec-
retary of Commerce for Communications and Information. 
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Union Calendar No. 113 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4055 
[Report No. 117–155] 
A BILL 
To establish a cybersecurity literacy campaign, and 
for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 26, 2021 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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