IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5459 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
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. 
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 ‘‘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, ac-
cessing timely technical assistance, risk 
management support, and incident re-
sponse capabilities with respect to cyber 
threat indicators, defensive measures, cy-
bersecurity risks, and incidents (as such 
terms are defined in such section), which 
may include attribution, mitigation, and 
remediation, and the provision of informa-
tion and recommendations on security and 
resilience, including implications of cyber-
security risks to equipment and technology 
related to the electoral process’’; 
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(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.’’; 
(C) in subsection (d)— 
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(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 
cybersecurity 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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fusion centers, as appropriate’’ before the 
semicolon at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (7), in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘information and recommendations’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘informa-
tion, recommendations, and best prac-
tices’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (9), by inserting 
‘‘and best practices’’ after ‘‘defensive 
measures’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii), by insert-
ing ‘‘and State and major urban area fusion 
centers, as appropriate’’ before the semicolon at 
the end. 
SEC. 3. HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS. 
Subsection (a) of section 2008 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(14) as paragraphs (5) through (15), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) enhancing cybersecurity, including pre-
paring for and responding to cybersecurity risks and 
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