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gible to be awarded contracts pursuant to section 
8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)), 
and Historically Black Colleges and Universities and 
Hispanic-serving institutions, tribal colleges and uni-
versities, and other minority institutions. 
‘‘(d) EXISTING CONTRACTS.—The Secretary shall, to 
the extent practicable under the terms of existing con-
tracts, require each contractor who provides covered infor-
mation services under a contract in effect on the date of 
the enactment of the Homeland Security Network Defense 
and Accountability Act of 2008 to comply with the re-
quirements described in subsection (b). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVAN-
TAGED SMALL BUSINESSES CONCERN, SMALL BUSI-
NESS CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERV-
ICE-DISABLED
VETERANS, AND
HUBZONE
SMALL 
BUSINESS CONCERN.—The terms ‘socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged small businesses concern’, 
‘small business concern owned and controlled by 
service-disabled veterans’, and ‘HUBZone small 
business concern’ have the meanings given such 
terms under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 
et seq.). 
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‘‘(2) CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘contractor’ in-
cludes each subcontractor of a contractor. 
‘‘(3) COVERED CONTRACT.—The term ‘covered 
contract’ means a contract entered into or renewed 
after the date of the enactment of the Homeland Se-
curity Network Defense and Accountability Act of 
2008 for the provision of covered information serv-
ices. 
‘‘(4) COVERED INFORMATION SERVICES.—The 
term ‘covered information services’ means creation, 
management, maintenance, control, or operation of 
information networks or Internet Web sites for the 
Department. 
‘‘(5) HISTORICALLY
BLACK
COLLEGES
AND 
UNIVERSITIES.—The term ‘Historically Black Col-
leges and Universities’ means part B institutions 
under title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1061). 
‘‘(6) 
HISPANIC-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 
given such term under title V of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)). 
‘‘(7) 
INFORMATION
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 
term ‘information infrastructure’ has the meaning 
that term has under section 703. 
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‘‘(8) TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.— 
The term ‘tribal colleges and universities’ has the 
meaning given such term under the Tribally Con-
trolled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 835 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 836. Requirements for network service providers.’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Within 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
transmit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs Committee of the Senate a report 
describing— 
(1) the progress in implementing requirements 
issued by the Office of Management and Budget for 
encryption, authentication, Internet Protocol version 
6, and Trusted Internet Connections, including a 
timeline for completion; 
(2) a plan, including an estimated budget and 
a timeline, to investigate breaches against the De-
partment of Homeland Security’s information infra-
structure for purposes of counterintelligence assess-
ment, attribution, and response; 
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(3) a proposal to increase threat information 
sharing with cleared and uncleared contractors and 
provide specialized damage assessment training to 
private sector information security professionals; and 
(4) a process to coordinate the Department of 
Homeland Security’s information infrastructure pro-
tection activities. 
SEC. 7. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting 
in any manner the application of the Federal Information 
Management Security Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3541 et 
seq.), to the Department of Homeland Security, including 
all requirements and deadlines in that Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 30, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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