Title: Safe Communities Act
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Safe Communities Act
This bill requires the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to increase outreach and engagement with owners and operators of critical infrastructure.
Specifically, the bill directs CISA to maintain a clearinghouse where owners and operators of critical infrastructure and other stakeholders may access security guidance, best practices, and other voluntary content developed by CISA. CISA must also issue a strategy to foster stakeholder outreach and operational engagement and establish a pilot program whereby law enforcement agencies and government officials may be trained by protective security advisors on carrying out vulnerability and risk assessments of facilities.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5667 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5667

  To enhance stakeholder outreach to and operational engagement with 
  owners and operators of critical infrastructure and other relevant 
stakeholders by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to 
bolster security against acts of terrorism and other homeland security 
threats, including by maintaining a clearinghouse of security guidance, 
best practices, and other voluntary content developed by the Agency or 
        aggregated from trusted sources, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2020

  Ms. Underwood (for herself and Mr. Katko) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 enhance stakeholder outreach to and operational engagement with 
  owners and operators of critical infrastructure and other relevant 
stakeholders by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to 
bolster security against acts of terrorism and other homeland security 
threats, including by maintaining a clearinghouse of security guidance, 
best practices, and other voluntary content developed by the Agency or 
        aggregated from trusted sources, 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 ``Safe Communities Act''.

SEC. 2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF CISA DIRECTOR RELATING TO SECURITY 
              RESOURCES CLEARINGHOUSE.

    Subsection (c) of section 2202 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 652) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (11) as 
        paragraphs (7) through (12), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(6) maintain a clearinghouse for owners and operators of 
        critical infrastructure and other relevant stakeholders to 
        access security guidance, best practices, and other voluntary 
        content developed by the Agency in a manner consistent with the 
        requirements of section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
        (29 U.S.C. 794d) and the Plain Writing Act of 2010 (5 U.S.C. 
        note) or aggregated from trusted sources;''.

SEC. 3. STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH AND OPERATIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.

    (a) Strategy.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security 
shall issue a strategy to improve stakeholder outreach and operational 
engagement that includes the Agency's strategic and operational goals 
and priorities for carrying out the stakeholder engagement activities 
described in paragraphs (6) and (11) of section 2202(c) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 652(c)), as added and redesignated, 
respectively, by section 2 of this Act.
    (b) Contents.--The stakeholder outreach and operational engagement 
strategy issued under subsection (a) shall include the following:
            (1) A catalogue of the stakeholder engagement activities 
        and services delivered by protective security advisors and 
        cybersecurity advisors of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
        Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, 
        including the locations of the stakeholder engagement and 
        services delivered and the critical infrastructure sectors (as 
        such term is defined in section 2001(3) of the Homeland 
        Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601(3)) involved.
            (2) An assessment of the capacity of programs of the Agency 
        to deploy protective security advisors and cybersecurity 
        advisors, including the adequacy of such advisors to meet 
        service requests and the ability of such advisors to engage 
        with and deliver services to stakeholders in urban, suburban, 
        and rural areas.
            (3) Long-term objectives of the protective security advisor 
        and cybersecurity advisor programs, including cross-training of 
        the protective security advisor and cybersecurity advisor 
        workforce to optimize the capabilities of such programs and 
        capacity goals.
            (4) A description of programs, policies, and activities 
        used to carry out such stakeholder engagement activities and 
        services under paragraph (1).
            (5) Resources and personnel necessary to effectively 
        support critical infrastructure owners and operators and other 
        entities, as appropriate, based on current and projected demand 
        for Agency services.
            (6) Guidance on how outreach to critical infrastructure 
        owners and operators in a region should be prioritized.
            (7) Plans to ensure that stakeholder engagement field 
        personnel of the Agency have a clear understanding of 
        expectations for engagement within each critical infrastructure 
        sector and subsector, whether during steady state or surge 
        capacity.
            (8) Metrics for measuring the effectiveness of stakeholder 
        engagement activities and services under paragraph (1), 
        including mechanisms to track regional engagement of field 
        personnel of the Agency with critical infrastructure owners and 
        operators, and how frequently such engagement takes place.
            (9) Plans for awareness campaigns to familiarize owners and 
        operators of critical infrastructure with security resources 
        and support offered by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
        Security Agency, including the clearinghouse maintained 
        pursuant to paragraph (6) of section 2202(c) of the Homeland 
        Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 652(c)), as added by section 2.
    (c) Stakeholder Input.--In issuing the stakeholder outreach and 
operational engagement strategy required under subsection (a), the 
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the 
Department of Homeland Security shall, to the extent practicable, 
solicit input from stakeholders representing the following:
            (1) Each of the critical infrastructure sectors.
            (2) Critical infrastructure owners and operators located in 
        each region in which the Agency maintains a field office.
    (d) Implementation Plan.--Not later than 90 days after issuing the 
stakeholder outreach and operational engagement strategy required under 
subsection (a), the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security shall issue an 
implementation plan for the strategy that includes the following:
            (1) Strategic objectives and corresponding tasks for 
        protective security advisor and cybersecurity advisor workforce 
        development, training, and retention plans.
            (2) Projected timelines, benchmarks, and resource 
        requirements for such tasks.
            (3) Metrics to evaluate the performance of such tasks.
    (e) Congressional Oversight.--Upon issuance of the implementation 
plan required under subsection (d), the Director of the Cybersecurity 
and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department 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 the stakeholder outreach and 
operational engagement strategy required under subsection (a) and the 
implementation plan required under subsection (b), together with any 
other associated legislative or budgetary proposals relating thereto.

SEC. 4. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY PROTECTIVE SECURITY ADVISORS.

    The Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
Agency of the Department of Homeland Security shall ensure, to the 
greatest extent practicable, protective security advisors of the Agency 
are disseminating homeland security information on voluntary programs 
and services of the Department of Homeland Security, including 
regarding the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, to bolster security and 
terrorism resilience.

SEC. 5. PROTECTIVE SECURITY ADVISOR FORCE MULTIPLIER PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security 
shall establish a one-year pilot program for State, local, Tribal, and 
territorial law enforcement agencies and appropriate government 
officials to be trained by protective security advisors of the Agency 
regarding carrying out security vulnerability or terrorism risk 
assessments of facilities.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the completion of the 
pilot program under subsection (a), the Director of the Cybersecurity 
and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland 
Security shall report on such pilot program to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
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