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Union Calendar No. 382 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5780 
[Report No. 116–476] 
To enhance stakeholder outreach to and operational engagement with owners 
and operators of critical infrastructure and other relevant stakeholders 
by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to bolster secu-
rity against acts of terrorism and other homeland security threats, includ-
ing by maintaining a clearinghouse of security guidance, best practices, 
and other voluntary content developed by the Agency or aggregated 
from trusted sources, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2020 
Ms. UNDERWOOD (for herself and Mr. KATKO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
AUGUST 14, 2020 
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 February 6, 2020] 
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A BILL 
To enhance stakeholder outreach to and operational engage-
ment with owners and operators of critical infrastructure 
and other relevant stakeholders by the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency to bolster security against 
acts of terrorism and other homeland security threats, 
including by maintaining a clearinghouse of security 
guidance, best practices, and other voluntary content de-
veloped by the Agency or aggregated from trusted 
sources, and for other 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 ‘‘Safe Communities Act 
of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF CISA DIRECTOR RELATING 
TO SECURITY RESOURCES CLEARINGHOUSE. 
Subsection (c) of section 2202 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 652) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (11) 
as paragraphs (7) through (12), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) maintain a clearinghouse for owners and 
operators of critical infrastructure and other relevant 
stakeholders to access security guidance, best prac-
tices, and other voluntary content developed by the 
Agency in a manner consistent with the requirements 
of section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 794d) and the Plain Writing Act of 2010 (5 
U.S.C. note) or aggregated from trusted sources;’’. 
SEC. 3. STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH AND OPERATIONAL EN-
GAGEMENT STRATEGY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cybersecu-
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rity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department 
of Homeland Security shall issue a strategy to improve 
stakeholder outreach and operational engagement that in-
cludes the Agency’s strategic and operational goals and pri-
orities for carrying out stakeholder engagement activities. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The stakeholder outreach and oper-
ational engagement strategy issued under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A catalogue of the stakeholder engagement ac-
tivities and services delivered by protective security 
advisors and cybersecurity advisors of the Cybersecu-
rity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, including the loca-
tions of the stakeholder engagement and services deliv-
ered and the critical infrastructure sectors (as such 
term is defined in section 2001(3) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601(3)) involved. 
(2) An assessment of the capacity of programs of 
the Agency to deploy protective security advisors and 
cybersecurity advisors, including the adequacy of such 
advisors to meet service requests and the ability of 
such advisors to engage with and deliver services to 
stakeholders in urban, suburban, and rural areas. 
(3) Long-term objectives of the protective security 
advisor and cybersecurity advisor programs, includ-
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ing cross-training of the protective security advisor 
and cybersecurity advisor workforce to optimize the 
capabilities of such programs and capacity goals. 
(4) A description of programs, policies, and ac-
tivities used to carry out such stakeholder engagement 
activities and services under paragraph (1). 
(5) Resources and personnel necessary to effec-
tively support critical infrastructure owners and op-
erators and, as appropriate, other entities, including 
non-profit organizations, based on current and pro-
jected demand for Agency services. 
(6) Guidance on how outreach to critical infra-
structure owners and operators in a region should be 
prioritized. 
(7) Plans to ensure that stakeholder engagement 
field personnel of the Agency have a clear under-
standing of expectations for engagement within each 
critical infrastructure sector and subsector, whether 
during steady state or surge capacity. 
(8) Metrics for measuring the effectiveness of 
stakeholder engagement activities and services under 
paragraph (1), including mechanisms to track re-
gional engagement of field personnel of the Agency 
with critical infrastructure owners and operators, 
and how frequently such engagement takes place. 
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(9) Plans for awareness campaigns to famil-
iarize owners and operators of critical infrastructure 
with security resources and support offered by the Cy-
bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in-
cluding the clearinghouse maintained pursuant to 
paragraph (6) of section 2202(c) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 652(c)), as added by sec-
tion 2. 
(10) A description of how to prioritize engage-
ment with critical infrastructure sectors based on 
threat information and the capacity of such sectors to 
mitigate such threats 
(c) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In issuing the stakeholder 
outreach and operational engagement strategy required 
under subsection (a), the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Home-
land Security shall, to the extent practicable, solicit input 
from stakeholders representing the following: 
(1) Each of the critical infrastructure sectors. 
(2) Critical infrastructure owners and operators 
located in each region in which the Agency maintains 
a field office. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 90 days 
after issuing the stakeholder outreach and operational en-
gagement strategy required under subsection (a), the Direc-
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tor of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 
of the Department of Homeland Security shall issue an im-
plementation plan for the strategy that includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Strategic objectives and corresponding tasks 
for protective security advisor and cybersecurity advi-
sor workforce development, training, and retention 
plans. 
(2) Projected timelines, benchmarks, and resource 
requirements for such tasks. 
(3) Metrics to evaluate the performance of such 
tasks. 
(e) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Upon issuance of 
the implementation plan required under subsection (d), the 
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate the stakeholder 
outreach and operational engagement strategy required 
under subsection (a) and the implementation plan required 
under subsection (b), together with any other associated leg-
islative or budgetary proposals relating thereto. 
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SEC. 4. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY PROTECTIVE SECU-
RITY ADVISORS. 
The Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security 
shall ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, protective se-
curity advisors of the Agency are disseminating homeland 
security information on voluntary programs and services 
of the Department of Homeland Security, including regard-
ing the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, to bolster secu-
rity and terrorism resilience. 
SEC. 5. PROTECTIVE SECURITY ADVISOR FORCE MULTI-
PLIER PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cyber-
security and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security shall establish a one-year pilot 
program for State, local, Tribal, and territorial law enforce-
ment agencies and appropriate government officials to be 
trained by protective security advisors of the Agency re-
garding carrying out security vulnerability or terrorism 
risk assessments of facilities. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the comple-
tion of the pilot program under subsection (a), the Director 
of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of 
the Department of Homeland Security shall report on such 
pilot program to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
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the House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
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Union Calendar No. 382 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5780 
[Report No. 116–476] 
A BILL 
To enhance stakeholder outreach to and operational 
engagement with owners and operators of critical 
infrastructure and other relevant stakeholders by 
the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
Agency to bolster security against acts of ter-
rorism and other homeland security threats, in-
cluding by maintaining a clearinghouse of secu-
rity guidance, best practices, and other voluntary 
content developed by the Agency or aggregated 
from trusted sources, and for other purposes. 
AUGUST 14, 2020 
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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