S.Amdt. 1723

SA 1723. Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Sasse) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 subtitle B of title XVI, insert
the following:

SEC. ___. ASSESSING PRIVATE-PUBLIC COLLABORATION IN
CYBERSECURITY.

(a) Requirement.--Not later than December 31, 2021, the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence,
shall--
(1) conduct a comprehensive review and assessment of any
ongoing public-private collaborative initiatives involving
the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland
Security, and the private sector relating to cybersecurity
and defense of critical infrastructure, including reviews and
assessments of--
(A) the Pathfinder initiative of the United States Cyber
Command and any derivative initiative;
(B) the Department of Defense's support to and integration
with existing Federal cybersecurity centers and
organizations; and
(C) comparable initiatives led by other Federal departments
or agencies that support long-term public-private
cybersecurity collaboration; and
(2) develop recommendations for improvements and the
requirements and resources necessary to institutionalize and
strengthen the programs assessed under paragraph (1).
(b) Certain Matters Excluded.--The review and assessment
under subsection (a) shall not include a review or assessment
of any intelligence, intelligence organization, or
information derived from intelligence collection, except for
declassification and downgrade procedures for the purposes of
sharing cyber threat information.
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than December 31, 2021, the
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report on the findings of the Secretary with
respect to the reviews and assessments conducted under
paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and the recommendations
developed under paragraph (2) of such subsection.
(2) Form of report.--The report submitted under paragraph
(1) may be submitted in unclassified form or classified form
as necessary.
(3) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--

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(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Homeland Security, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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