Title: DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center to maintain cyber-hunt and incident-response teams to assist with activities such as restoring services following a cyber incident and identifying cybersecurity risks and unauthorized cyber activity.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 315 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 315

 To authorize cyber hunt and incident response teams at the Department 
             of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 2019

Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize cyber hunt and incident response teams at 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 ``DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response 
Teams Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CYBER HUNT AND INCIDENT 
              RESPONSE TEAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2209 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 659) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(iv), by inserting ``, including 
        cybersecurity specialists'' after ``entities'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (m) as 
        subsections (g) through (n), respectively;
            (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
    ``(f) Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Center shall maintain cyber hunt and 
        incident response teams for the purpose of leading Federal 
        asset response activities and providing timely technical 
        assistance to Federal and non-Federal entities, including 
        across all critical infrastructure sectors, regarding actual or 
        potential security incidents, as appropriate and upon request, 
        including--
                    ``(A) assistance to asset owners and operators in 
                restoring services following a cyber incident;
                    ``(B) identification and analysis of cybersecurity 
                risk and unauthorized cyber activity;
                    ``(C) mitigation strategies to prevent, deter, and 
                protect against cybersecurity risks;
                    ``(D) recommendations to asset owners and operators 
                for improving overall network and control systems 
                security to lower cybersecurity risks, and other 
                recommendations, as appropriate; and
                    ``(E) such other capabilities as the Secretary 
                determines appropriate.
            ``(2) Associated metrics.--The Center shall continually 
        assess and evaluate the cyber hunt and incident response teams 
        and the operations of those cyber hunt and incident response 
        teams using robust metrics.
            ``(3) Report.--At the conclusion of each of the first 4 
        fiscal years after the date of enactment of the DHS Cyber Hunt 
        and Incident Response Teams Act of 2019, the Center shall 
        submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 
        the House of Representatives a report that includes--
                    ``(A) information relating to the metrics used for 
                evaluation and assessment of the cyber hunt and 
                incident response teams and operations under paragraph 
                (2), including the resources and staffing of those 
                cyber hunt and incident response teams; and
                    ``(B) for the period covered by the report--
                            ``(i) the total number of incident response 
                        requests received;
                            ``(ii) the number of incident response 
                        tickets opened; and
                            ``(iii) a statement of--
                                    ``(I) all interagency staffing of 
                                cyber hunt and incident response teams; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) the interagency 
                                collaborations established to support 
                                cyber hunt and incident response teams.
            ``(4) Cybersecurity specialists.--After notice to, and with 
        the approval of, the entity requesting action by or technical 
        assistance from the Center, the Secretary may include 
        cybersecurity specialists from the private sector on a cyber 
        hunt and incident response team.''; and
            (4) in subsection (g), as so redesignated--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, or any team 
                or activity of the Center,'' after ``Center''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, or any team 
                or activity of the Center,'' after ``Center''.
    (b) No Additional Funds Authorized.--No additional funds are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out the requirements of this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall be carried 
out using amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated.
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