fense, cyber exploitation, secure programming, obfus-
cated coding, or cyber-physical systems. 
(4) Any other elements related to paragraph (1), 
(2), or (3) as determined necessary by the Director. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to further the goals 
and objectives of the competition, the Director may 
use amounts made available to the Director for the 
competition for reasonable expenses for— 
(A) advertising, marketing, and promoting 
the competition; 
(B) meals for participants in and orga-
nizers 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; 
(D) consistent with section 4503 of title 5, 
United States Code, necessary expenses for the 
honorary recognition of competition partici-
pants, including members of the uniformed serv-
ices, as defined in section 2101(3) of title 5, 
United States Code; and 
(E) subject to subsection (f), monetary and 
nonmonetary awards for competition partici-
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pants, including members of the uniformed serv-
ices. 
(2) APPLICATION.—This subsection shall apply 
to amounts appropriated on or after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(f) PRIZE LIMITATION.— 
(1) AWARDS BY THE DIRECTOR.—The Director 
may make 1 or more awards per competition in an 
amount or value not to exceed $10,000 per award. 
(2) AWARDS BY THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
may make 1 or more awards per competition in an 
amount or value not to exceed $25,000 per award. 
(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 dur-
ing 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: 
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(1) A description of funds used for expenses de-
scribed in subsection (e)(1) for each competition con-
ducted in the preceding fiscal year. 
(2) A description of awards authorized in sub-
section (f) for each competition. 
(3) Information relating to the participation in 
each competition. 
(4) Information relating to lessons learned from 
each competition and how such lessons may be ap-
plied to improve cybersecurity operations and recruit-
ment of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
Agency of the Department of Homeland Security. 
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Calendar No. 679 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6824 
[Report No. 117–280] 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency of the Department of Homeland 
Security to hold an annual cybersecurity competi-
tion relating to offensive and defensive cybersecu-
rity disciplines, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 19, 2022 
Reported with an amendment 
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