S.Amdt. 2456

SA 2456. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. __. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION
ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2018.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``United
States-Israel Cybersecurity Cooperation Enhancement Act of
2018''.
(b) United States-Israel Cybersecurity Cooperation.--
(1) Grant program.--
(A) Establishment.--The Secretary, in accordance with the
agreement entitled the ``Agreement between the Government of
the United States of America and the Government of the State
of Israel on Cooperation in Science and Technology for
Homeland Security Matters'', done at Jerusalem May 29, 2008
(or successor agreement), and the requirements specified in
subparagraph (B), shall establish a grant program at the
Department to support--
(i) cybersecurity research and development; and
(ii) demonstration and commercialization of cybersecurity
technology.
(B) Requirements.--
(i) Applicability.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, in carrying out a research, development, demonstration,
or commercial application program or activity that is
authorized under this section, the Secretary shall require
cost sharing in accordance with this paragraph.
(ii) Research and development.--

(I) In general.--Except as provided in subclause (II), the
Secretary shall require not less than 50 percent of the cost
of a research, development, demonstration, or commercial
application program or activity described in clause (i) to be
provided by a non-Federal source.
(II) Reduction.--The Secretary may reduce or eliminate, on
a case-by-case basis, the percentage requirement specified in
subclause (I) if the Secretary determines that such reduction
or elimination is necessary and appropriate.

(iii) Merit review.--In carrying out a research,
development, demonstration, or commercial application program
or activity that is authorized under this section, awards
shall be made only after an impartial review of the
scientific and technical merit of the proposals for such
awards has been carried out by or for the Department.
(iv) Review processes.--In carrying out a review under
clause (iii), the Secretary may use merit review processes
developed under section 302(14) of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 182(14)).
(C) Eligible applicants.--An applicant shall be eligible to
receive a grant under this paragraph if the project of such
applicant--
(i) addresses a requirement in the area of cybersecurity
research or cybersecurity technology, as determined by the
Secretary; and
(ii) is a joint venture between--

(I)(aa) a for-profit business entity, academic institution,
National Laboratory (as defined in section 2 of the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801)), or nonprofit entity in
the United States; and
(bb) a for-profit business entity, academic institution, or
nonprofit entity in Israel; or
(II)(aa) the Federal Government; and
(bb) the Government of Israel.

(D) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this paragraph, an applicant shall submit to the Secretary an
application for such grant in accordance with procedures
established by the Secretary, in consultation with the
advisory board established under subparagraph (E).
(E) Advisory board.--
(i) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish an
advisory board to--

(I) monitor the method by which grants are awarded under
this paragraph; and
(II) provide to the Secretary periodic performance reviews
of actions taken to carry out this paragraph.

(ii) Composition.--The advisory board established under
clause (i) shall be composed of 3 members, to be appointed by
the Secretary, of whom--

(I) one shall be a representative of the Federal
Government;
(II) one shall be selected from a list of nominees provided
by the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation;
and
(III) one shall be selected from a list of nominees
provided by the Israel-United States Binational Industrial
Research and Development Foundation.

(F) Contributed funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary may accept or retain funds contributed
by any person, government entity, or organization for
purposes of carrying out this paragraph. Such funds shall be
available, subject to appropriation, without fiscal year
limitation.
(G) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
completion of a project for which a grant is provided under
this paragraph, the grant recipient shall submit to the
Secretary a report that contains--
(i) a description of how the grant funds were used by the
recipient; and
(ii) an evaluation of the level of success of each project
funded by the grant.
(H) Classification.--Grants shall be awarded under this
paragraph only for projects that are considered to be
unclassified by both the United States and Israel.
(2) Termination.--The grant program and the advisory board
established under this section shall terminate on the date
that is 7 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) No additional funds authorized.--No additional funds
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the
requirements of this subsection. Such requirements shall be
carried out using amounts otherwise appropriated.
(4) Definitions.--In this subsection--
(A) the term ``cybersecurity research'' means research,
including social science research, into ways to identify,
protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from
cybersecurity threats;
(B) the term ``cybersecurity technology'' means technology
intended to identify, protect against, detect, respond to,
and recover from cybersecurity threats;
(C) the term ``cybersecurity threat'' has the meaning given
such term in section 102 of the Cybersecurity Information
Sharing Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1501);

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(D) the term ``Department'' means the Department of
Homeland Security; and
(E) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Homeland
Security.
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