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Union Calendar No. 588 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5459 
[Report No. 114–756] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance preparedness 
and response capabilities for cyber attacks, bolster the dissemination 
of homeland security information related to cyber threats, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2016 
Mr. DONOVAN (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. RATCLIFFE, and Mr. PAYNE) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 
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 June 13, 2016] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance 
preparedness and response capabilities for cyber attacks, 
bolster the dissemination of homeland security informa-
tion related to cyber threats, 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 ‘‘Cyber Preparedness Act 
of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING. 
Title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended— 
(1) in section 210A (6 U.S.C. 124h)— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (10), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon at the end the following: 
‘‘, including, in coordination with the na-
tional cybersecurity and communications 
integration center under section 227, access-
ing timely technical assistance, risk man-
agement support, and incident response ca-
pabilities with respect to cyber threat indi-
cators, defensive measures, cybersecurity 
risks, and incidents (as such terms are de-
fined in such section), which may include 
attribution, mitigation, and remediation, 
and the provision of information and rec-
ommendations on security and resilience, 
including 
implications 
of 
cybersecurity 
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risks to equipment and technology related to 
the electoral process’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (11), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(iii) by redesignating paragraph (12) 
as paragraph (14); and 
(iv) by inserting after paragraph (11) 
the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(12) review information relating to cybersecu-
rity risks that is gathered by State, local, and re-
gional fusion centers, and incorporate such informa-
tion, as appropriate, into the Department’s own in-
formation relating to cybersecurity risks; 
‘‘(13) ensure the dissemination to State, local, 
and regional fusion centers of information relating to 
cybersecurity risks; and’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
through (G) as subparagraphs (D) through 
(H), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(B) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) The national cybersecurity and com-
munications integration center under section 
227.’’; 
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(C) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (3) 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) assist, in coordination with the national cy-
bersecurity and communications integration center 
under section 227, fusion centers in using informa-
tion relating to cybersecurity risks to develop a com-
prehensive and accurate threat picture; and’’; and 
(D) in subsection (j)— 
(i) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 
through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6), 
respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting before paragraph (2), 
as so redesignated, the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(1) the term ‘cybersecurity risk’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 227;’’; and 
(2) in section 227 (6 U.S.C. 148)— 
(A) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting 
‘‘, including State and major urban area 
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SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that to facilitate the timely 
dissemination to appropriate State, local, and private sec-
tor stakeholders of homeland security information related 
to cyber threats, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
should, to the greatest extent practicable, work to share ac-
tionable information related to cyber threats in an unclassi-
fied form. 
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Union Calendar No. 588 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5459 
[Report No. 114–756] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
enhance preparedness and response capabilities 
for cyber attacks, bolster the dissemination of 
homeland security information related to cyber 
threats, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 
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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