Title: Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a program to assist agencies with continuously diagnosing and mitigating cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
Pursuant to this program, DHS shall (1) develop the capability to collect, analyze, and visualize information relating to security data and cybersecurity risks at agencies; (2) make program capabilities available for use by civilian agencies, states, and local governments; (3) assist such entities in setting information security priorities and assessing and managing cybersecurity risks; and (4) develop policies and procedures for reporting systemic risks and potential incidents. DHS must also regularly deploy new technologies to improve the program.
In addition, the Government Accountability Office must report on the potential impacts and benefits of replacing existing reporting requirements under the federal information policy with periodical real-time data provided by the program.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4237 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4237

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary 
    of Homeland Security to establish a continuous diagnostics and 
  mitigation program in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
 Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2019

  Mr. Ratcliffe (for himself and Mr. Khanna) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and 
 in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary 
    of Homeland Security to establish a continuous diagnostics and 
  mitigation program in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
 Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, 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 ``Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics 
and Mitigation Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF CONTINUOUS DIAGNOSTICS AND MITIGATION PROGRAM 
              IN THE CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY.

    (a) In General.--Section 2213 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 663) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation.--
            ``(1) Program.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary, acting through 
                the Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
                Security, shall deploy, operate, and maintain a 
                continuous diagnostics and mitigation program for 
                agencies. Under such program, the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) assist agencies to continuously 
                        diagnose and mitigate cyber threats and 
                        vulnerabilities;
                            ``(ii) develop and provide the capability 
                        to collect, analyze, and visualize information 
                        relating to security data and cybersecurity 
                        risks at agencies;
                            ``(iii) make program capabilities available 
                        for use, with or without reimbursement, to 
                        civilian agencies and State, local, Tribal, and 
                        territorial governments;
                            ``(iv) employ shared services, collective 
                        purchasing, blanket purchase agreements, and 
                        any other economic or procurement models the 
                        Secretary determines appropriate to maximize 
                        the costs savings associated with implementing 
                        an information system;
                            ``(v) assist entities in setting 
                        information security priorities and assessing 
                        and managing cybersecurity risks; and
                            ``(vi) develop policies and procedures for 
                        reporting systemic cybersecurity risks and 
                        potential incidents based upon data collected 
                        under such program.
                    ``(B) Regular improvement.--The Secretary shall 
                regularly deploy new technologies and modify existing 
                technologies to the continuous diagnostics and 
                mitigation program required under subparagraph (A), as 
                appropriate, to improve the program.
            ``(2) Agency responsibilities.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, each agency that uses the continuous 
        diagnostics and mitigation program under paragraph (1) shall, 
        continuously and in real time, provide to the Secretary all 
        information, assessments, analyses, and raw data collected by 
        the program, in a manner specified by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Responsibilities of the secretary.--In carrying out 
        the continuous diagnostics and mitigation program under 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, as appropriate--
                    ``(A) share with agencies relevant analysis and 
                products developed under such program;
                    ``(B) provide regular reports on cybersecurity 
                risks to agencies; and
                    ``(C) provide comparative assessments of 
                cybersecurity risks for agencies.''.
    (b) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Strategy.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
        shall develop a comprehensive continuous diagnostics and 
        mitigation strategy to carry out the continuous diagnostics and 
        mitigation program required under subsection (g) of section 
        2213 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 663), as 
        added by subsection (a).
            (2) Scope.--The strategy required under paragraph (1) shall 
        include the following:
                    (A) A description of the continuous diagnostics and 
                mitigation program, including efforts by the Secretary 
                of Homeland Security to assist with the deployment of 
                program tools, capabilities, and services, from the 
                inception of the program referred to in paragraph (1) 
                to the date of enactment of this Act.
                    (B) A description of the coordination and funding 
                required to deploy, install, and maintain the tools, 
                capabilities, and services that the Secretary of 
                Homeland Security determines to be necessary to satisfy 
                the requirements of such program.
                    (C) A description of any obstacles facing the 
                deployment, installation, and maintenance of tools, 
                capabilities, and services under such program.
                    (D) Recommendations and guidelines to help maintain 
                and continuously upgrade tools, capabilities, and 
                services provided under such program.
                    (E) Recommendations for using the data collected by 
                such program for creating a common framework for data 
                analytics, visualization of enterprise-wide risks, and 
                real-time reporting, and comparative assessments for 
                cybersecurity risks.
                    (F) Recommendations for future efforts and 
                activities, including for the rollout of new and 
                emerging tools, capabilities and services, proposed 
                timelines for delivery, and whether to continue the use 
                of phased rollout plans, related to securing networks, 
                devices, data, and information and operational 
                technology assets through the use of such program.
            (3) Form.--The strategy required under paragraph (1) shall 
        be submitted in an unclassified form, but may contain a 
        classified annex.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the development of the 
strategy required under subsection (b), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representative a report on cybersecurity risk 
posture based on the data collected through the continuous diagnostics 
and mitigation program under subsection (g) of section 2213 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 663), as added by subsection 
(a).
    (d) GAO Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
a report to Congress on the potential impacts and benefits of replacing 
the reporting requirements under chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code, with periodical real-time data provided by the continuous 
diagnostics and mitigation program under subsection (g) of section 2213 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 663), as added by 
subsection (a).
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