Title: State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement Act
This bill directs the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security to develop a resource guide for use by state, local, and tribal officials, including law enforcement officers, to help such officials prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate cyberattacks.
CISA shall establish initiatives to make grants to state and local governments to (1) identify high value assets and critical system architecture in order to assess cybersecurity risks, and (2) conduct tabletop and live training exercises to assess the capability of the state or local government to respond to a cyberattack.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4217 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4217

  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to develop tools to help 
State and local governments establish or improve cybersecurity, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 30, 2019

Mr. Katko (for himself and Ms. Slotkin) 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 develop tools to help 
State and local governments establish or improve cybersecurity, 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 ``State and Local Cybersecurity 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE CYBERSECURITY GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title XXII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sections:

``SEC. 2215. CYBERSECURITY RESOURCE GUIDE DEVELOPMENT FOR STATE AND 
              LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

    ``The Secretary, acting through the Director, shall develop a 
resource guide for use by State, local, and Tribal officials, including 
law enforcement officers, to help such officials prepare for, protect 
against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against cyber attacks.

``SEC. 2216. STATE IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH VALUE ASSETS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director shall establish a State and local 
government cybersecurity initiative to make grants to State and local 
governments to identify high value assets and critical system 
architecture in order to assess cybersecurity risks (as such term is 
defined in section 2209).
    ``(b) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State and local government may 
        apply for a grant under this section, and shall submit such 
        information in support of an application relating thereto as 
        the Director may require.
            ``(2) Minimum contents of application.--An application 
        under this subsection shall include the following:
                    ``(A) A description of how the State or local 
                government plans to allocate grant funds.
                    ``(B) A budget showing how the State or local 
                government intends to expend grant funds.
            ``(3) Duration.--Grants under this section shall be for one 
        year, and a State or local government may not reapply until 
        five years has elapsed from the previous award of such a grant.
    ``(c) Grant Award.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, a State or local government shall agree to contribute, from 
State or local government appropriated funds, other State or local 
government revenue, or from private contributions received by the State 
or local government, not less than 20 percent of the amount of the 
grant.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 and 
such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter to carry 
out this section.

``SEC. 2217. STATE CYBER EXERCISES GRANTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director shall establish a State and local 
government cybersecurity initiative to make grants to State and local 
governments to conduct tabletop and live training exercises to assess 
the capability of the State or local government to respond to a 
cyberattack.
    ``(b) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each State and local government may 
        apply for a grant under this section, and shall submit such 
        information in support of an application relating thereto as 
        the Director may require.
            ``(2) Minimum contents of application.--An application 
        under this subsection shall include the following:
                    ``(A) A description of how the State or local 
                government plans to allocate grant funds.
                    ``(B) A budget showing how the State or local 
                government intends to expend grant funds.
            ``(3) Duration.--Grants under this section shall be for one 
        year, and a State or local government may apply or reapply on 
        an annual basis.
    ``(c) Grant Award.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, a State or local government shall agree to contribute, from 
State or local government appropriated funds, other State or local 
government revenue, or from private contributions received by the State 
or local government, not less than 20 percent of the amount of the 
grant.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 and 
such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter to carry 
out this section''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 2214 the following new items:

``Sec. 2215. Cybersecurity resource guide development for State and 
                            local government officials.
``Sec. 2216. State identification of high value assets.
``Sec. 2217. State cyber exercises grants.''.
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