Title: DHS Industrial Control Systems Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2018
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
DHS Industrial Control Systems Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2018
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand the responsibilities of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center to ensure that the center's activities address the security of both information and operational technology, including industrial control systems. Additionally, the center must maintain capabilities to identify and address threats and vulnerabilities to products and technologies intended for use in the automated control of critical infrastructure processes by: (1) leading efforts to mitigate cybersecurity threats to industrial control systems, (2) maintaining cross-sector incident response capabilities to respond to cybersecurity incidents, and (3) providing cybersecurity technical assistance to stakeholders.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5733 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5733

     To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the 
    responsibility of the National Cybersecurity and Communications 
  Integration Center to maintain capabilities to identify threats to 
          industrial control systems, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 2018

 Mr. Bacon (for himself, Mr. McCaul, and Mr. Ratcliffe) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                                Security

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the 
    responsibility of the National Cybersecurity and Communications 
  Integration Center to maintain capabilities to identify threats to 
          industrial control systems, 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 ``DHS Industrial Control Systems 
Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. CAPABILITIES OF NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS 
              INTEGRATION CENTER TO IDENTIFY THREATS TO INDUSTRIAL 
              CONTROL SYSTEMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 227 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 148) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) in subparagraph (H), by inserting ``and'' after 
                the semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(I) activities of the Center address the security 
                of both information technology and operational 
                technology, including industrial control systems;'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (m) as 
        subsections (g) through (n), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(f) Industrial Control Systems.--The Center shall maintain 
capabilities to identify and address threats and vulnerabilities to 
products and technologies intended for use in the automated control of 
critical infrastructure processes. In carrying out this subsection, the 
Center shall--
            ``(1) lead, in coordination with relevant sector specific 
        agencies, Federal Government efforts to identify and mitigate 
        cybersecurity threats to industrial control systems, including 
        supervisory control and data acquisition systems;
            ``(2) maintain cross-sector incident response capabilities 
        to respond to industrial control system cybersecurity 
        incidents;
            ``(3) provide cybersecurity technical assistance to 
        industry end-users, product manufacturers, and other industrial 
        control system stakeholders to identify and mitigate 
        vulnerabilities; and
            ``(4) conduct such other efforts and assistance as the 
        Secretary determines appropriate.''.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter during the 
subsequent four-year period, the National Cybersecurity and 
Communications Integration Center shall provide to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a briefing on 
the industrial control systems capabilities of the Center under 
subsection (f) of section 227 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 148), as added by subsection (a).
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