Title: Ukraine Cybersecurity Cooperation Act of 2018
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Ukraine Cybersecurity Cooperation Act of 2018
This bill states that it is U.S. policy to: (1) reaffirm the United States-Ukraine Charter on Strategic Partnership, which highlights the bilateral relationship's importance and outlines enhanced cooperation in defense, security, economics and trade, energy security, democracy, and cultural exchanges; (2) support continued cooperation between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Ukraine; (3) support Ukraine's political and economic reforms; (4) reaffirm the commitment of the United States to the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances; (5) assist Ukraine's efforts to enhance its cybersecurity capabilities; and (6) improve Ukraine's ability to respond to Russian-supported disinformation and propaganda efforts in cyberspace, including through social media.
It is the sense of Congress that the Department of State should take the following actions, commensurate with U.S. interests, to help Ukraine improve its cybersecurity: (1) provide Ukraine necessary support to secure government computer networks from cyber intrusions, particularly networks that defend critical infrastructure; (2) provide Ukraine support to reduce reliance on Russian information and communications technology; and (3) help Ukraine build capacity, expand cybersecurity information sharing, and cooperate on international cyberspace efforts.
The State Department shall report to Congress on the status of U.S.-Ukraine cybersecurity cooperation.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2455 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2455

   To encourage United States-Ukraine cybersecurity cooperation and 
  require a report regarding such cooperation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 27, 2018

  Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Toomey, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Graham) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To encourage United States-Ukraine cybersecurity cooperation and 
  require a report regarding such cooperation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2018''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United States established diplomatic relations with 
        Ukraine in 1992, following Ukraine's independence from the 
        Soviet Union.
            (2) The United States attaches great importance to the 
        success of Ukraine's transition to a modern democratic country 
        with a flourishing market economy.
            (3) In an effort to undermine democracy in Ukraine, hackers 
        targeted the country's voting infrastructure just days before 
        its 2014 presidential election.
            (4) In December 2015, a malicious cyber intrusion into 
        Ukrainian electric utility companies resulted in widespread 
        power outages.
            (5) As a result of the December 2015 cyber incident, the 
        United States sent an interagency team to Ukraine, including 
        representatives from the Department of Energy, the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation, and the North American Electric 
        Reliability Corporation, to help with the investigation and to 
        assess the vulnerability of Ukraine's infrastructure to cyber 
        intrusion. 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.
            (6) In response to an escalating series of cyber attacks on 
        the country's critical infrastructure--including its national 
        railway system, its major stock exchanges, and its busiest 
        airport--President Petro Poroshenko declared that ``Cyberspace 
        has turned into another battlefield for state independence.''.
            (7) In May 2017, Ukraine cited activities on Russian social 
        media platforms, including pro-Russian propaganda and offensive 
        cyber operations, as threats to Ukrainian national security.
            (8) Following the June 2017 Petya malware event--a global 
        cyber incident that primarily affected Ukraine--the Secretary 
        General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said 
        ``the cyber attacks we have seen . . . very much highlight the 
        importance of the support, the help NATO provides . . . gives . 
        . . or provides to Ukraine to strengthen its cyber defenses, 
        technical and other kinds of support. We will continue to do 
        that and it's an important part of our cooperation with 
        Ukraine.''.
            (9) In September 2017, the United States and Ukraine 
        conducted the first United States-Ukraine Bilateral Cyber 
        Dialogue in Kyiv, during which both sides affirmed their 
        commitment to an internet that is open, interoperable, 
        reliable, and secure, and the United States announced $5 
        million in new cyber assistance to strengthen Ukraine's ability 
        to prevent, mitigate, and respond to cyber attacks.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States to--
            (1) reaffirm the United States-Ukraine Charter on Strategic 
        Partnership, which highlights the importance of the bilateral 
        relationship and outlines enhanced cooperation in the areas of 
        defense, security, economics and trade, energy security, 
        democracy, and cultural exchanges;
            (2) support continued cooperation between NATO and Ukraine;
            (3) support Ukraine's political and economic reforms;
            (4) reaffirm the commitment of the United States to the 
        Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances;
            (5) assist Ukraine's efforts to enhance its cybersecurity 
        capabilities; and
            (6) improve Ukraine's ability to respond to Russian-
        supported disinformation and propaganda efforts in cyberspace, 
        including through social media and other outlets.

SEC. 4. UNITED STATES CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION WITH UKRAINE.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Secretary of State should take the following actions, commensurate with 
United States interests, to assist Ukraine to improve its 
cybersecurity:
            (1) Provide Ukraine such support as may be necessary to 
        secure government computer networks from malicious cyber 
        intrusions, particularly such networks that defend the critical 
        infrastructure of Ukraine.
            (2) Provide Ukraine support in reducing reliance on Russian 
        information and communications technology.
            (3) Assist Ukraine to build its capacity, expand 
        cybersecurity information sharing, and cooperate on 
        international cyberspace efforts.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on United 
States cybersecurity cooperation with Ukraine. The report shall also 
include information relating to the following:
            (1) United States efforts to strengthen Ukraine's ability 
        to prevent, mitigate, and respond to cyber incidents, including 
        through training, education, technical assistance, capacity 
        building, and cybersecurity risk management strategies.
            (2) The potential for new areas of collaboration and mutual 
        assistance between the United States and Ukraine in addressing 
        shared cyber challenges, including cybercrime, critical 
        infrastructure protection, and resilience against botnets and 
        other automated, distributed threats.
            (3) NATO's efforts to help Ukraine develop technical 
        capabilities to counter cyber threats.
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