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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1997 
To encourage United States-Ukraine cybersecurity cooperation and require 
a report regarding such cooperation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2017 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To encourage United States-Ukraine cybersecurity coopera-
tion and require a report regarding such cooperation, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Ukraine Cybersecurity 
Cooperation Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The United States established diplomatic 
relations with Ukraine in 1992, following its inde-
pendence from the Soviet Union. 
(2) The United States attaches great impor-
tance to the success of Ukraine’s transition to a 
modern democratic country with a flourishing mar-
ket economy. 
(3) In 2014, days before the Presidential elec-
tion in Ukraine, there took place a failed attempt to 
destroy the election system software through a cyber 
attack. 
(4) In December 2015, Ukrainian power com-
panies experienced unscheduled power outages im-
pacting a large number of customers in Ukraine 
from a cyber attack. 
(5) In response to cyber attacks in Ukraine, 
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko emphasized 
the need for a National Cyber Security System de-
claring that cyberspace has turned into another bat-
tlefield 101 for State independence. 
(6) As a result of the December 2015 
cyberattack, the United States sent interagency 
teams that included representatives from the De-
partment of Energy, the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, and the North American Electric Reliability 
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Corporation to Ukraine to look into the safety of 
their infrastructure and to help with investigations. 
The visit was followed up by another interagency 
delegation to Ukraine in March 2016, and a May 
2016 United States-Ukrainian tabletop exercise on 
mitigating attacks against Ukraine’s infrastructure. 
(7) As noted by former Deputy Secretary of 
Commerce, Bruce Andrews, ‘‘Cybersecurity is a per-
fect example of a sector in which we can work to-
gether to increase national and economic security, 
create jobs, and provide mutual prosperity for both 
our economies. Together I am confident that we can 
provide leadership to enhance cybersecurity capabili-
ties across Central and Southeast Europe.’’. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) reaffirm the commitment of the United 
States to the United States-Ukraine Charter on 
Strategic Partnership, which highlights the impor-
tance of the bilateral relationship and outlines en-
hanced cooperation in the areas of defense, security, 
economics and trade, energy security, democracy, 
and cultural exchanges; 
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(2) reaffirm the commitment of the United 
States to support cooperation between the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Ukraine; 
(3) reaffirm the commitment of the United 
States to provide financial, economic, and technical 
assistance to Ukraine to achieve its goals for the 
Ukrainian Government to make progress on reforms 
and anticorruption initiatives; 
(4) reaffirm the commitment of the United 
States to the Budapest Memorandum on security as-
surances; and 
(5) assist the Ukrainian Government to improve 
its cybersecurity strategy. 
SEC. 4. UNITED STATES ACTIONS TO ASSIST UKRAINE TO 
IMPROVE ITS CYBERSECURITY AND PROTECT 
AMERICAN INTERESTS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of State should take the following 
actions, commensurate with United States interests, to as-
sist Ukraine to improve its cybersecurity: 
(1) Provide Ukraine such support as may be 
necessary to increase most advanced security protec-
tion on government computers, particularly such sys-
tems that defend the critical infrastructure of 
Ukraine. 
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(2) Provide Ukraine support in reducing reli-
ance on Russian technology. 
(3) Assist Ukraine to build capacity, expand cy-
bersecurity information sharing, and cooperate in 
international response efforts. 
(b) REPORT ON UKRAINE’S CYBERSECURITY.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
a report on the status of United States cybersecurity co-
operation with Ukraine to seek new areas for collaboration 
and assistance, as well as pursue cooperation with regional 
partners and organizations to address shared cyber chal-
lenges. Such report shall also include information relating 
to the following: 
(1) An update on the U.S. Department of En-
ergy’s efforts to establish a United States-Ukraine 
Stakeholder Working Group as an element of their 
work with Ukraine to develop a Ukrainian Cyber Se-
curity Program. 
(2) An assessment capability to establish joint 
United States and Ukrainian participation to— 
(A) conduct cybersecurity assessments of 
existing Ukrainian Government, military, crit-
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ical infrastructure, and banking systems in 
order to identify critical vulnerabilities; 
(B) recommend mitigation strategies relat-
ing to such assessments; 
(C) combat cybercrime, including through 
training workshops and joint tabletop exercises 
covering priority cybersecurity scenarios; and 
(D) establish an information security 
awareness program. 
(3) An update of progress on NATO’s agree-
ment to establish an Incident Management Center to 
monitor cyber security events and laboratories to in-
vestigate cybersecurity incidents. 
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