CISA Leadership Act

Bill: 117-hr-5186
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2021-09-07
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2021-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-09-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>CISA Leadership Act</strong></p> <p>This bill establishes a term limit and specifies the appointment process for the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security. </p> <p>Specifically, the bill establishes a five-year term for the director of CISA.</p> <p>The director shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5186 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 7, 2021 Mr. Garbarino (for himself, Mr. Langevin , Mr. Katko , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Mr. Gallagher , and Mr. Norman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security , and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce , and Oversight and Reform , 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 A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for a five-year term of appointment of the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the CISA Leadership Act . 2. CISA Director appointment and term Subsection (b) of section 2202 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 652 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following new sentence: The Director shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. ; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: (2) Term Effective with respect to an individual appointed pursuant to paragraph (1) after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the term of office of such an individual so appointed shall be five years. The term of office of the individual serving as the Director on the day before the date of enactment of this paragraph shall be five years beginning from the date on which such Director began serving. .