U.S.-Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Act

Bill: 116-s-2309
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-07-29
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Congressional oversight

Higher education

Infrastructure development

International organizations and cooperation

Israel

Middle East

Public-private cooperation

Research administration and funding

Research and development
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>U.S.-Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of State to report on the potential benefits and impact of establishing a joint U.S.-Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence to leverage the knowledge of institutions and entities for the purposes of cybersecurity and protecting critical infrastructure.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2309 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 29, 2019 Ms. Rosen (for herself and Mr. Rounds ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To require the Secretary of State to submit a report on potential benefits and impact to the United States of establishing a joint United States-Israel cybersecurity center of excellence.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the U.S.-Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Act . 2. Report on potential benefits and impact to the United States of establishing a joint United States-Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report examining the potential benefits and impact to the United States of establishing a joint United States-Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence based in the United States and Israel to leverage the experience, knowledge, and expertise of institutions of higher education (as such term is defined in subsection (a) or (b) of section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 )), private sector entities, and government entities in the area of cybersecurity and protection of critical infrastructure (as such term is defined in subsection (e) of section 1016 of the Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 ( 42 U.S.C. 5195c ; enacted in title X of the USA PATRIOT Act ( Public Law 107–56 )). 3. Appropriate congressional committees defined In this Act, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives.