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Calendar No. 679 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6824 
[Report No. 117–280] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 17, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
DECEMBER 19, 2022 
Reported by Mr. PETERS, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
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 pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘President’s Cup Cyber-
security Competition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRESIDENT’S CUP CYBERSECURITY COMPETITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Cybersecurity 
and Infrastructure Security Agency (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Director’’) of the Department of Home-
land Security is authorized to hold an annual cybersecu-
rity competition to be known as the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Se-
curity Agency’s President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competi-
tion’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘competition’’) for 
the purpose of identifying, challenging, and competitively 
awarding prizes, including cash prizes, to the United 
States Government’s best cybersecurity practitioners and 
teams across offensive and defensive cybersecurity dis-
ciplines. 
(b) COMPETITION DESIGN.— 
(1)
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
section 
1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Director, 
in carrying out the competition, may consult with, 
and consider advice from, any person who has expe-
rience or expertise in the development, design, or 
execution of cybersecurity competitions. 
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(2) LIMITATION.—The Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to con-
sultations pursuant to this section. 
(3) PROHIBITION.—A person with whom the 
Director consults under paragraph (1) may not— 
(A) receive pay by reason of being so con-
sulted; or 
(B) be considered an employee of the Fed-
eral Government by reason of so consulting. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate in the 
competition, an individual shall be a Federal civilian em-
ployee or member of the uniformed services (as such term 
is defined in section 2101(3) of title 5, United States 
Code) and shall comply with any rules promulgated by the 
Director regarding the competition. 
(d) COMPETITION ADMINISTRATION.—The Director 
may enter into a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, 
or other agreement with a private sector for-profit or non-
profit entity or State or local government agency to ad-
minister the competition. 
(e) COMPETITION PARAMETERS.—Each competition 
shall incorporate the following elements: 
(1) Cybersecurity skills outlined in the National 
Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Framework, 
or any successor framework. 
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(2) Individual and team events. 
(3) Categories demonstrating offensive and de-
fensive cyber operations, such as software reverse 
engineering and exploitation, network operations, 
forensics, big data analysis, cyber analysis, cyber de-
fense, cyber exploitation, secure programming, ob-
fuscated coding, or cyber-physical systems. 
(4) Any other elements related to paragraphs 
(1), (2), or (3) as determined necessary by the Di-
rector. 
(f) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Director may use amounts 
made available to the Director for the competition 
for the following: 
(A) Advertising, marketing, and promoting 
the competition. 
(B) Meals for participants and organizers 
of the competition if attendance at the meal 
during the competition is necessary to maintain 
the integrity of the competition. 
(C) Promotional items, including merchan-
dise and apparel. 
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(D) Monetary and nonmonetary awards for 
competition participants, including members of 
the uniformed services. 
(E) Necessary expenses for the honorary 
recognition of competition participants, includ-
ing members of the uniformed services. 
(F) Any other appropriate activity nec-
essary to carry out the competition, as deter-
mined by the Director. 
(2) APPLICATION.—This subsection shall apply 
to amounts appropriated on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(g) PRIZE LIMITATION.—The Director may make one 
or more awards per competition, except that the amount 
or value of each shall not exceed $10,000. The Secretary 
of Homeland Security may make one or more awards per 
competition, except the amount or the value of each shall 
not to exceed $25,000. A monetary award under this sec-
tion shall be in addition to the regular pay of the recipient. 
(h) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall 
annually provide to the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate a report that includes the following: 
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