II 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5877 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 30, 2016 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the 
United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 
to promote cooperative homeland security research and 
antiterrorism programs relating to cybersecurity, and for 
other purposes. 
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 ‘‘United States-Israel 
Advanced Research Partnership Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE HOMELAND SECURITY RESEARCH 
AND ANTITERRORISM PROGRAMS RELATING 
TO CYBERSECURITY. 
(a) HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002.—Section 
317 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
195c) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) for international cooperative activities 
identified in the previous reporting period, a status 
update on the progress of such activities, including 
whether goals were realized, explaining any lessons 
learned, and evaluating overall success; and 
‘‘(4) a discussion of obstacles encountered in 
the course of forming, executing, or implementing 
agreements for international cooperative activities, 
including administrative, legal, or diplomatic chal-
lenges or resource constraints.’’; 
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(2) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 
subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) CYBERSECURITY.—As part of the international 
cooperative activities authorized in this section, the Under 
Secretary, in coordination with the Department of State 
and appropriate Federal officials, may enter into coopera-
tive research activities with Israel to strengthen prepared-
ness against cyber threats and enhance capabilities in cy-
bersecurity.’’. 
(b) UNITED STATES-ISRAEL STRATEGIC PARTNER-
SHIP ACT OF 2014.—Subsection (c) of section 7 of the 
United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113–296; 22 U.S.C. 8606) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PILOT’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘pilot’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(4) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) cybersecurity.’’. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act or the amendments made 
by this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 29, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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