S.Amdt. 2640

1. Rewrites page 109, line 4 through page 110, line 20

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   Removes page 109, line 4 through page 110, line 20 of the printed bill. See that page

   Inserted: (d) Cybersecurity Modeling and Test Beds.--

   Inserted: (1) Review.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall conduct a review of cybersecurity test beds in existence on the date of enactment of this Act to inform the program established under paragraph (2).

   Inserted: (2) Establishment of program.--

   Inserted: (A) In general.--The Director of the National Science Foundation, the Secretary, and the Secretary of Commerce shall establish a program for the appropriate Federal agencies to award grants to institutions of higher education or research and development non-profit institutions and to provide funds to the military service academies and senior military colleges (as defined in section 2111a of title 10, United States Code) to establish cybersecurity test beds capable of realistic modeling of real-time cyber attacks and defenses. The test beds shall work to enhance the security of public systems and focus on enhancing the security of critical private sector systems such as those in the finance, energy, and other sectors.

   Inserted: (B) Requirements.--

   Inserted: (i) Size of test beds.--The test beds established under the program established under subparagraph (A) shall be sufficiently large in order to model the scale and complexity of real world networks and environments.

   Inserted: (ii) Use of existing test beds.--The test bed program established under subparagraph (A) shall build upon and expand test beds and cyber attack simulation, experiment, and distributed gaming tools developed by the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology prior to the date of enactment of this Act.

   Inserted: (3) Purposes.--The purposes of the program established under paragraph (2) shall be to--

   Inserted: (A) support the rapid development of new cybersecurity defenses, techniques, and processes by improving understanding and assessing the latest technologies in a real-world environment; and

   Inserted: (B) to improve understanding among private sector partners of the risk, magnitude, and consequences of cyber attacks.

   Inserted: (e) Coordination With Other Research Initiatives.--The Director shall to the extent practicable, coordinate research and development activities under this section with other ongoing research and development security-related initiatives, including research being conducted by--

   Inserted: (1) the National Institute of Standards and Technology;

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   Inserted: (2) the Department;

   Inserted: (3) other Federal agencies;

   Inserted: (4) other Federal and private research laboratories, research entities, the military service academies, senior military colleges (as defined in section 2111a of title 10, United States Code), and universities and institutions of higher education, and relevant nonprofit organizations; and

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   Beginning on page 109, strike line 4 and all that follows through page 110, line 20, and insert the following:

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