Title: CAPITALS Act
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity Asset Protection of Infrastructure under Terrorist Attack Logistical Structure or CAPITALS Act or the CAPITALS Act
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must report to Congress regarding the feasibility of establishing a DHS Civilian Cyber Defense National Resource.
The report must address:

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 54 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 54

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study on the 
feasibility of establishing a Civilian Cyber Defense National Resource 
                in the Department of Homeland Security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2017

 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study on the 
feasibility of establishing a Civilian Cyber Defense National Resource 
                in the Department of Homeland Security.

    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 ``Department of Homeland Security's 
Cybersecurity Asset Protection of Infrastructure under Terrorist Attack 
Logistical Structure or CAPITALS Act'' or the ``CAPITALS Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
              CIVILIAN CYBER DEFENSE NATIONAL RESOURCE.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall conduct a 
study on the feasibility of establishing a Department of Homeland 
Security Civilian Cyber Defense National Resource. In carrying out such 
study, the Secretary may consult with the Director of National 
Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense.
    (b) Contents.--The study required under subsection (a) shall 
include an analysis of--
            (1) the cost of creating a Civilian Cyber Defense National 
        Resource in the Department of Homeland Security;
            (2) the number of persons who would be needed to defend the 
        critical infrastructure of the United States from a cyber 
        attack or manmade intentional or unintentional catastrophic 
        incident;
            (3) the sources of potential members of such a Civilian 
        Cyber Defense National Reserve, including industry, academic 
        institutions, research facilities, and Federal contractors;
            (4) which elements of the Department would be best equipped 
        to recruit, train, and manage such a Civilian Cyber Defense 
        National Resource;
            (5) the criteria required for persons to serve in such a 
        Civilian Cyber Defense National Resource;
            (6) the resources that could be pre-positioned and training 
        instilled to assure the effectiveness and responsiveness of 
        such a Civilian Cyber Defense National Resource in the case of 
        an incident that disrupts communications in a region or area;
            (7) the minimum requirements for consideration for 
        inclusion in such a Civilian Cyber Defense National Resource;
            (8) in the case that potential recruits for such a Civilian 
        Cyber Defense National Resource are predominantly individuals 
        without military, intelligence, law enforcement, or government 
        work experience, the likely impact of such lack of experience 
        on the effectiveness of a Civilian Cyber Defense National 
        Resource;
            (9) the recruitment and vetting costs for such a Civilian 
        Cyber Defense National Resource;
            (10) the frequency of cyber defense and unit cohesion 
        training necessary for maintaining such a Civilian Cyber 
        Defense National Resource;
            (11) how well Department personnel would be able to be 
        adapted for use in creating command and control systems and 
        protocols for a Civilian Cyber Defense National Resource;
            (12) the logistics of allowing governors to make requests 
        of the Secretary of Homeland Security to use the Civilian Cyber 
        Defense National Resource in States during times of cyber 
        emergency;
            (13) the advantages and disadvantages of creating a 
        Civilian Cyber Defense National Resource on the cybersecurity 
        of the United States; and
            (14) whether a resource trained to defend the networks of 
        the United States in the event of a major attack or natural or 
        manmade disaster will benefit overall efforts to defend the 
        interests of the United States.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) Submission.--Not later than 240 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
        shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
        of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report containing the 
        results of the study required under subsection (a).
            (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be 
        submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
        annex.
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