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Union Calendar No. 648 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5843 
[Report No. 114–826] 
To establish a grant program at the Department of Homeland Security 
to promote cooperative research and development between the United 
States and Israel on cybersecurity. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2016 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself and Mr. RATCLIFFE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
NOVEMBER 15, 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 July 14, 2016] 
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A BILL 
To establish a grant program at the Department of Home-
land Security to promote cooperative research and devel-
opment between the United States and Israel on cyberse-
curity. 
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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 ‘‘United States-Israel Cy-
bersecurity Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL CYBERSECURITY COOPERA-
TION. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in accord-
ance with the agreement entitled the ‘‘Agreement be-
tween the Government of the United States of Amer-
ica and the Government of the State of Israel on Co-
operation in Science and Technology for Homeland 
Security Matters’’, dated May 29, 2008 (or successor 
agreement), and the requirements specified in para-
graph (2), shall establish a grant program at the De-
partment to support— 
(A) cybersecurity research and development; 
and 
(B) demonstration and commercialization 
of cybersecurity technology. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, in carrying out a re-
search, development, demonstration, or commer-
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cial application program or activity that is au-
thorized under this section, the Secretary shall 
require cost sharing in accordance with this 
paragraph. 
(B) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), the Secretary shall require 
not less than 50 percent of the cost of a re-
search, development, demonstration, or com-
mercial application program or activity de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) to be provided 
by a non-Federal source. 
(ii) REDUCTION.—The Secretary may 
reduce or eliminate, on a case-by-case basis, 
the percentage requirement specified in 
clause (i) if the Secretary determines that 
such reduction or elimination is necessary 
and appropriate. 
(C) MERIT REVIEW.—In carrying out a re-
search, development, demonstration, or commer-
cial application program or activity that is au-
thorized under this section, awards shall be made 
only after an impartial review of the scientific 
and technical merit of the proposals for such 
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awards has been carried out by or for the De-
partment. 
(D) REVIEW PROCESSES.—In carrying out 
a review under subparagraph (C), the Secretary 
may use merit review processes developed under 
section 302(14) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 182(14)). 
(3) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—An applicant shall 
be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection if 
the project of such applicant— 
(A) addresses a requirement in the area of 
cybersecurity research or cybersecurity tech-
nology, as determined by the Secretary; and 
(B) is a joint venture between— 
(i)(I) a for-profit business entity, aca-
demic institution, National Laboratory (as 
defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)), or non-
profit entity in the United States; and 
(II) a for-profit business entity, aca-
demic institution, or nonprofit entity in 
Israel; or 
(ii)(I) the Federal Government; and 
(II) the Government of Israel. 
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(4) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, an applicant shall sub-
mit to the Secretary an application for such grant in 
accordance with procedures established by the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the advisory board estab-
lished under paragraph (5). 
(5) ADVISORY BOARD.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall 
establish an advisory board to— 
(i) monitor the method by which 
grants are awarded under this subsection; 
and 
(ii) provide to the Secretary periodic 
performance reviews of actions taken to 
carry out this subsection. 
(B) COMPOSITION.—The advisory board es-
tablished under subparagraph (A) shall be com-
posed of three members, to be appointed by the 
Secretary, of whom— 
(i) one shall be a representative of the 
Federal Government; 
(ii) one shall be selected from a list of 
nominees provided by the United States- 
Israel Binational Science Foundation; and 
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(iii) one shall be selected from a list of 
nominees provided by the United States- 
Israel Binational Industrial Research and 
Development Foundation. 
(6) 
CONTRIBUTED
FUNDS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary may accept, 
retain, and use funds contributed by any person, gov-
ernment entity, or organization for purposes of car-
rying out this subsection— 
(A) without further appropriation; and 
(B) without fiscal year limitation. 
(7) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of completion of a project for which a grant is 
provided under this subsection, the grant recipient 
shall submit to the Secretary a report that contains— 
(A) a description of how the grant funds 
were used by the recipient; and 
(B) an evaluation of the level of success of 
each project funded by the grant. 
(8) CLASSIFICATION.—Grants shall be awarded 
under this subsection only for projects that are con-
sidered to be unclassified by both the United States 
and Israel. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The grant program and the advi-
sory committee established under this section terminate on 
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the date that is seven years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—No ad-
ditional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘cybersecurity research’’ means re-
search, including social science research, into ways to 
identify, protect against, detect, respond to, and re-
cover from cybersecurity threats; 
(2) the term ‘‘cybersecurity technology’’ means 
technology intended to identify, protect against, de-
tect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity 
threats; 
(3) the term ‘‘cybersecurity threat’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 102 of the Cyber-
security Information Sharing Act of 2015 (enacted as 
title I of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (division N of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public 
Law 114–113))); 
(4) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security; and 
(5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
Homeland Security. 
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Union Calendar No. 648 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5843 
[Report No. 114–826] 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program at the Department of 
Homeland Security to promote cooperative re-
search and development between the United 
States and Israel on cybersecurity. 
NOVEMBER 15, 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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