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‘‘(A) has the ability to assist and commits to assisting 
a prote´ge´ to compete for Federal prime contracts and sub-
contracts; and 
‘‘(B) satisfies any other requirements imposed by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(3) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term ‘minority- 
serving institution’ means an institution of higher education 
described in section 317 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 
‘‘(4) PROTE´ GE´ FIRM.—The term ‘prote´ge´ firm’ means a small 
business concern, a historically Black college or university, 
or a minority-serving institution that— 
‘‘(A) is eligible to enter into a prime contract or sub-
contract with the Department; and 
‘‘(B) satisfies any other requirements imposed by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(5) SMALL BUSINESS ACT DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘small 
business concern’, ‘small business concern owned and controlled 
by veterans’, ‘small business concern owned and controlled by 
service-disabled veterans’, ‘qualified HUBZone small business 
concern’, ‘and small business concern owned and controlled 
by women’ have the meanings given such terms, respectively, 
under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 
The term ‘small business concern owned and controlled by 
socially and economically disadvantaged individuals’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 8(d)(3)(C) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C)).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 
1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 890C (as added by subtitle A) 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 890D. Mentor-prote´ge´ program.’’. 
SEC. 7116. DHS ECONOMIC SECURITY COUNCIL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNCIL.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the council 
established under paragraph (2). 
(B) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ means the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
(C) ECONOMIC SECURITY.—The term ‘‘economic secu-
rity’’ has the meaning given such term in section 890B(c)(2) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 474(c)(2)). 
(D) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with the mission of 
the Department under section 101(b) of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 111(b)), and in particular paragraph 
(1)(F) of such section, the Secretary shall establish a standing 
council of Department component heads or their designees, 
to carry out the duties described in paragraph (3). 
(3) DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL.—Pursuant to the scope of 
the mission of the Department as described in paragraph (2), 
the Council shall provide to the Secretary advice and rec-
ommendations on matters of economic security, including 
relating to the following:
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(A) Identifying concentrated risks for trade and eco-
nomic security. 
(B) Setting priorities for securing the trade and eco-
nomic security of the United States. 
(C) Coordinating Department-wide activity on trade 
and economic security matters. 
(D) With respect to the development of the continuity 
of the economy plan of the President under section 9603 
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2021 (6 U.S.C. 322). 
(E) Proposing statutory and regulatory changes 
impacting trade and economic security. 
(F) Any other matters the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
(4) CHAIR
AND
VICE
CHAIR.—The Under Secretary for 
Strategy, Policy, and Plans of the Department— 
(A) shall serve as Chair of the Council; and 
(B) may designate a Council member as a Vice Chair. 
(5) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet not less frequently 
than quarterly, as well as— 
(A) at the call of the Chair; or 
(B) at the direction of the Secretary. 
(6) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter 
for four years, the Council shall brief the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 
and Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives on the actions and activities of the Council. 
(b) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—Section 709 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 349) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the Office 
of Strategy, Policy, and Plans an Assistant Secretary, who 
shall assist the Secretary in carrying out the duties under 
paragraph (2) and the responsibilities under paragraph (3). 
Notwithstanding section 103(a)(1), the Assistant Secretary 
established under this paragraph shall be appointed by the 
President without the advice and consent of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—At the direction of the Secretary, the Assist-
ant Secretary established under paragraph (1) shall be respon-
sible for policy formulation regarding matters relating to eco-
nomic security and trade, as such matters relate to the mission 
and the operations of the Department. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES.—In addition to the 
duties specified in paragraph (2), the Assistant Secretary estab-
lished under paragraph (1), at the direction of the Secretary, 
may— 
‘‘(A) oversee— 
‘‘(i) coordination of supply chain policy; and
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‘‘(ii) assessments and reports to Congress related 
to critical economic security domains; 
‘‘(B) coordinate with stakeholders in other Federal 
departments and agencies and nongovernmental entities 
with trade and economic security interests, authorities, 
and responsibilities; and 
‘‘(C) perform such additional duties as the Secretary 
or the Under Secretary of Strategy, Policy, and Plans may 
prescribe. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) CRITICAL ECONOMIC SECURITY DOMAIN.—The term 
‘critical economic security domain’ means any infrastruc-
ture, industry, technology, or intellectual property (or com-
bination thereof) that is essential for the economic security 
of the United States. 
‘‘(B) ECONOMIC SECURITY.—The term ‘economic secu-
rity’ has the meaning given such term in section 
890B(c)(2).’’. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section or the 
amendments made by this section may be construed to affect or 
diminish the authority otherwise granted to any other officer of 
the Department of Homeland Security. 
Subtitle C—Enhancing Cybersecurity 
Training and Operations 
SEC. 7121. PRESIDENT’S CUP CYBERSECURITY COMPETITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Cybersecurity and Infra-
structure Security Agency (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Director’’) of the Department of Homeland Security is authorized 
to hold an annual cybersecurity competition to be known as the 
‘‘Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastruc-
ture Security Agency’s President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition’’ 
(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 cyber-
security practitioners and teams across offensive and defensive 
cybersecurity disciplines. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate in the competition, 
an individual shall be a Federal civilian employee 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. 
(c) COMPETITION ADMINISTRATION.—The Director may enter into 
a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other agreement with 
a private sector for-profit or nonprofit entity or State or local 
government agency to administer the competition. 
(d) COMPETITION PARAMETERS.—Each competition shall incor-
porate the following elements: 
(1) Cybersecurity skills outlined in the National Initiative 
for Cybersecurity Education Framework, or any successor 
framework. 
(2) Individual and team events. 
(3) Categories demonstrating offensive and defensive cyber 
operations, such as software reverse engineering and exploi-
tation, network operations, forensics, big data analysis, cyber
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analysis, cyber defense, cyber exploitation, secure programming, 
obfuscated coding, or cyber-physical systems. 
(4) Any other elements related to paragraphs (1), (2), or 
(3), as determined necessary by the Director. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to further the goals and objec-
tives of the competition, the Director may use amounts made 
available to the Director for the competition for reasonable 
expenses for the following: 
(A) Advertising, marketing, and promoting the competi-
tion. 
(B) Meals for participants and organizers of the com-
petition if attendance at the meal during the competition 
is necessary to maintain the integrity of the competition. 
(C) Promotional items, including merchandise and 
apparel. 
(D) Consistent with section 4503 of title 5, United 
States Code, necessary expenses for the honorary recogni-
tion of competition participants, including members of the 
uniformed services. 
(E) Monetary and nonmonetary awards for competition 
participants, including members of the uniformed services, 
subject to subsection (f). 
(2) APPLICATION.—This subsection shall apply to amounts 
appropriated on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(f) PRIZE LIMITATION.— 
(1) AWARDS BY THE DIRECTOR.—The Director may make 
one or more awards per competition, except that the amount 
or value of each shall not exceed $10,000. 
(2) AWARDS BY THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY.— 
The Secretary of Homeland Security may make one or more 
awards per competition, except the amount or the value of 
each shall not exceed $25,000. 
(3) REGULAR PAY.—A monetary award under this section 
shall be in addition to the regular pay of the recipient. 
(4) OVERALL YEARLY AWARD LIMIT.—The total amount or 
value of awards made under this Act during a fiscal year 
may not exceed $100,000. 
(g) 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 Senate a report that includes the 
following with respect to each competition conducted in the pre-
ceding year: 
(1) A description of available amounts. 
(2) A description of authorized expenditures. 
(3) Information relating to participation. 
(4) Information relating to lessons learned, and how such 
lessons may be applied to improve cybersecurity operations 
and recruitment of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu-
rity Agency of the Department of Homeland Security.