IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3101 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 25, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To enhance cybersecurity information sharing and coordina-
tion at ports in the United States, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Cyber-
security Information Sharing and Coordination in Our 
Ports Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVING CYBERSECURITY RISK ASSESSMENTS, 
INFORMATION 
SHARING, 
AND 
COORDINA-
TION. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall— 
(1) develop and implement a maritime cyberse-
curity risk assessment model within 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, consistent 
with the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology Framework for Improving Critical Infrastruc-
ture Cybersecurity and any update to that document 
pursuant to Public Law 113–274, to evaluate cur-
rent and future cybersecurity risks (as such term is 
defined in section 227 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 148)); 
(2) evaluate, on a periodic basis but not less 
often than once every 2 years, the effectiveness of 
the maritime cybersecurity risk assessment model 
under paragraph (1); 
(3) seek to ensure participation of at least one 
information sharing and analysis organization (as 
such term is defined in section 212 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 131)) representing 
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the maritime community in the National Cybersecu-
rity and Communications Integration Center, pursu-
ant to subsection (d)(1)(B) of section 227 of such 
Act; 
(4) establish guidelines for voluntary reporting 
of maritime-related cybersecurity risks and incidents 
(as such terms are defined in section 227 of such 
Act) to the Center (as such term is defined sub-
section (b) of such section 227), and other appro-
priate Federal agencies; and 
(5) request the National Maritime Security Ad-
visory Committee established under section 70112 of 
title 46, United States Code, to report and make 
recommendations to the Secretary on enhancing the 
sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks 
and incidents, consistent with the responsibilities of 
the Center, between relevant Federal agencies and— 
(A) State, local, and tribal governments; 
(B) relevant public safety and emergency 
response agencies; 
(C) relevant law enforcement and security 
organizations; 
(D) maritime industry; 
(E) port owners and operators; and 
(F) terminal owners and operators. 
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SEC. 3. CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENTS TO MARITIME 
SECURITY ACTIVITIES. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through 
the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall direct— 
(1) each Area Maritime Security Advisory Com-
mittee established under section 70112 of title 46, 
United States Code, to facilitate the sharing of cy-
bersecurity risks and incidents to address port-spe-
cific cybersecurity risks, which may include the es-
tablishment of a working group of members of Area 
Maritime Security Advisory Committees to address 
port-specific cybersecurity vulnerabilities; and 
(2) that any area maritime transportation secu-
rity plan and any vessel or facility security plan re-
quired under section 70103 of title 46, United 
States Code, approved after the development of the 
cybersecurity risk assessment model required by 
paragraph (1) of section 2 include a mitigation plan 
to prevent, manage, and respond to cybersecurity 
risks (as such term is defined in section 227 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 148)). 
SEC. 4. VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS AND SECURITY 
PLANS. 
Title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 70102(b)(1)(C), by inserting ‘‘cy-
bersecurity,’’ after ‘‘physical security,’’; and 
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(2) in section 70103(c)(3)(C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of clause (iv), 
by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi), and by in-
serting after clause (iv) the following: 
‘‘(v) prevention, management, and re-
sponse to cybersecurity risks; and’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 24, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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