<enum>I</enum><header>Research and Development</header> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AFEF29EE0574E68BBA239F966CF8268"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="H61AF6D9A9678419FB40AABA996CCE354"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National coordination office</header><text>The term <term>National Coordination Office</term> means the National Coordination Office for the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development program.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HECB7394E67704CA482DFDBAD24B83D74"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>Program</term> means the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development program which has been established under section 101 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511).</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H7C17DFDB0696482480F44BF66A266190"><enum>102.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7401) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFF99ED196FA048988D9405C236C44936"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HFCB73895470B47B4AC01F61BCA5A2200" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H74F66D661B9043EAB882FADE3036909C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advancements in information and communications technology have resulted in a globally interconnected network of government, commercial, scientific, and education infrastructures, including critical infrastructures for electric power, natural gas and petroleum production and distribution, telecommunications, transportation, water supply, banking and finance, and emergency and government services.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCDF697E8E78F47178136E42A5737E7CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>Exponential increases in interconnectivity have facilitated enhanced communications, economic growth,</quote> and inserting <quote>These advancements have significantly contributed to the growth of the United States economy</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF40DDDE526DC438482A50AE2D62E2AB3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA227EB2C6DE74FDCA4C78FD45B5CDB3F" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H5B108BCEC2DC457D905D8044AD854001"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Cyberspace Policy Review published by the President in May, 2009, concluded that our information technology and communications infrastructure is vulnerable and has <quote>suffered intrusions that have allowed criminals to steal hundreds of millions of dollars and nation-states and other entities to steal intellectual property and sensitive military information</quote>.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD4AEFF92A8DD496B998ACB8DBB4587D1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H872D3BA3182049DA972E50717D78AE44" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H6F961760E6964109B17E1E9126CAD0EA"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">While African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans constitute 33 percent of the college-age population, members of these minorities comprise less than 20 percent of bachelor degree recipients in the field of computer sciences.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="HFA0556A63B464AB1B5DBA522F5B8D324"><enum>103.</enum><header>Cybersecurity strategic research and development plan</header> <subsection id="HD5305B73F3324821A879E39F5DD1B8C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the agencies identified in subsection 101(a)(3)(B)(i) through (x) of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(3)(B)(i) through (x)) or designated under section 101(a)(3)(B)(xi) of such Act, working through the National Science and Technology Council and with the assistance of the National Coordination Office, shall transmit to Congress a strategic plan based on an assessment of cybersecurity risk to guide the overall direction of Federal cybersecurity and information assurance research and development for information technology and networking systems. Once every 3 years after the initial strategic plan is transmitted to Congress under this section, such agencies shall prepare and transmit to Congress an update of such plan.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H35A7E99772A8486D9E60CC1A9074A14A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of plan</header><text>The strategic plan required under subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="H98FD8985D47746AB95B254348C5F5AEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specify and prioritize near-term, mid-term and long-term research objectives, including objectives associated with the research areas identified in section 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)) and how the near-term objectives complement research and development areas in which the private sector is actively engaged;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC36A6557F1CD4116967AA20EE6F14DD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe how the Program will focus on innovative, transformational technologies with the potential to enhance the security, reliability, resilience, and trustworthiness of the digital infrastructure;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDC27DC65B18F459494D83800D3ACF24F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describe how the Program will foster the transfer of research and development results into new cybersecurity technologies and applications for the benefit of society and the national interest, including through the dissemination of best practices and other outreach activities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA78861116F7048819C0802641CA5A8BB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describe how the Program will establish and maintain a national research infrastructure for creating, testing, and evaluating the next generation of secure networking and information technology systems;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8896DD4B24254D54A9314ECAC04C8019"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe how the Program will facilitate access by academic researchers to the infrastructure described in paragraph (4), as well as to relevant data, including event data; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H512F4B13510F4132853CA6BE42E41FDF"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe how the Program will engage females and individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b) to foster a more diverse workforce in this area.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB8CFFFCB55224D6993726B30AA1A9BF6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Development of roadmap</header><text>The agencies described in subsection (a) shall develop and annually update an implementation roadmap for the strategic plan required in this section. Such roadmap shall—</text> <paragraph id="H25ACAA6ABE0745D8B12FA39969AE627D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specify the role of each Federal agency in carrying out or sponsoring research and development to meet the research objectives of the strategic plan, including a description of how progress toward the research objectives will be evaluated;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCA11C9B9F118427A94468FB01544CC20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>specify the funding allocated to each major research objective of the strategic plan and the source of funding by agency for the current fiscal year; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H36575545C07E47A7A5A78F0F5248F09C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>estimate the funding required for each major research objective of the strategic plan for the following 3 fiscal years.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H724E227183C84E049CF8DDED6A213F2D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>In developing and updating the strategic plan under subsection (a), the agencies involved shall solicit recommendations and advice from—</text> <paragraph id="HA3DF656BBBB14DD68CD2089045E1621D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the advisory committee established under section 101(b)(1) of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511(b)(1)); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H78A0AE566C784CBA9AAB0C55F8126FBF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a wide range of stakeholders, including industry, academia, including representatives of minority serving institutions and community colleges, and other relevant organizations and institutions.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H21BDE19160F646C4A7440BE7933A5BF5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Appending to report</header><text>The implementation roadmap required under subsection (c), and its annual updates, shall be appended to the report required under section 101(a)(2)(D) of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(2)(D)).</text> </subsection></section><section id="H6CB13CD19A384BBC81DBD6C32C77D23A"><enum>104.</enum><header>Social and behavioral research in cybersecurity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA5C189F74CA445689D51DF340C2F6ED9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and usability</quote> after <quote>to the structure</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBED97EA3A5944261BB731CE973BF58C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3C94B52AEE5A46488A7BABA4FEC8B05F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC6078E77CF814E1498CB9733BA9B34D5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H655A563E42CA4E17B3ED4841787ADD78" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H29E88399A07D4E43B3EF34D12F91A8FA"><enum>(J)</enum><text>social and behavioral factors, including human-computer interactions, usability, user motivations, and organizational cultures.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="HBA312F496BD84682BE9908D9E22FA12F"><enum>105.</enum><header>National Science Foundation cybersecurity research and development programs</header> <subsection id="H3FD854C52E524AF3959B0DB198861303"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Computer and network security research areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4AFCC6B88CA740E78F0BE7D0C47D984B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>identity management,</quote> after <quote>cryptography,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H08F901F3CFCD407593ECD12EA2EF5176"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I), by inserting <quote>, crimes against children, and organized crime</quote> after <quote>intellectual property</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEF213EFB4DD1491BBA81FEDA3AC218CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Computer and network security research grants</header><text>Section 4(a)(3) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block id="H25EAEC3C68F54EB68A9C7EA7F672B520" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H80C033B73A4F4D239DF2D67E0E6DECF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD63CA4E32BFF47089136C6FA6FF88F61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD37E50F760E4EC09A8E81D8C222D8F3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H3278731E27D643BB88C0B1BA046C73D4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Computer and network security research centers</header><text>Section 4(b) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(b)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H53B571C2B89342848808D02B729EEA21"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph id="HDB551A07AE69424D85CFBAE9E604FE5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7485BF0D66A64B1995622C4B72868DDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB911F692DC1B436DB12E307E01716FE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6D41DA89CEA44AA986F30448E454D45" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H0D174CF3C15F4A3A8D66C6B4D1944A71"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the center will partner with government laboratories, for-profit entities, other institutions of higher education, or nonprofit research institutions.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14A00B09E50448B7B957707011D05694"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD00E000BCCE424C85273771A0044A64" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H1FE19936CF4C4D0CBD4494B9C9ACA21D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,500,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8E114FDEA574061B556EFD2923E4AD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$4,500,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1EADE21D66148DEAA6B686476EFDE02"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$4,500,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HACFCE43B1DB74751B67D0EDDDC37B90D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Computer and network security capacity building grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a)(6) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7404(a)(6)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68C4D2698D1A438F911C7C5D55AFDF35" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H3B13AC52DBEE4BC7A80AE1288EFE692F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$19,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54ABB9E3F9984B98BEB12B26E44673A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$19,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3549FD59CD84D6BBAC466EEDE23A5D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$19,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H12B30353F6104975AFC1ADAC6A1D6A8E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Scientific and advanced technology act grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(b)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7404(b)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D94991B2CE34996A87D3638D918B0DF" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HCE5AB76260CD4AFB83E8A7E09B1B3A45"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,500,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DC08A96334A4A01A070CFEDF5AEE1A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$2,500,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BB9C876E8D845B19295DE239D8BAC24"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$2,500,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HB552AABA0A134ECBBBD32E509C1DD9D6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Graduate traineeships in computer and network security</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(c)(7) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7404(c)(7)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7C74482D5AE481D9821E5790A91470E" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H0DB92340B1CB4394B2EFC6E1EF1FD949"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$24,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H610824165E4947C1B5124D17CB09A2F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$24,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB2DEA3D201E4D129A5C87841929A1DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$24,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H72D04B67F67E40D19E5D1FBD68D750CE"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Cyber security faculty development traineeship program</header><text>Section 5(e) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7404(e)) is repealed.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HC1D8EB65198E4B768B4790367B5C78F5"><enum>106.</enum><header>Federal cyber scholarship for service program</header> <subsection id="H9CD73D1AAF3846A3B8D78D88284B339E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the National Science Foundation shall continue a Scholarship for Service program under section 5(a) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7404(a)) to recruit and train the next generation of Federal cybersecurity professionals and to increase the capacity of the higher education system to produce an information technology workforce with the skills necessary to enhance the security of the Nation’s communications and information infrastructure.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H95DB537EEF3F4A93A51032F357B8525A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Characteristics of program</header><text>The program under this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="H069E6C5225E844F092FCFC95CC137960"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide, through qualified institutions of higher education, scholarships that provide tuition, fees, and a competitive stipend for up to 2 years to students pursing a bachelor’s or master’s degree and up to 3 years to students pursuing a doctoral degree in a cybersecurity field;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCEEA581DC4514A53A5A8C2219C68E511"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the scholarship recipients with summer internship opportunities or other meaningful temporary appointments in the Federal information technology workforce; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4C313E76BA6A418F853AC53B5CB53A92"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increase the capacity of institutions of higher education throughout all regions of the United States to produce highly qualified cybersecurity professionals, through the award of competitive, merit-reviewed grants that support such activities as—</text> <subparagraph id="H29AE9A53D1874920A2A7FDA78782779D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>faculty professional development, including technical, hands-on experiences in the private sector or government, workshops, seminars, conferences, and other professional development opportunities that will result in improved instructional capabilities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5955629D8C0847C188AD2B85217DA62F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institutional partnerships, including minority serving institutions and community colleges; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54D641177C244507BE2684B022BD2A4C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>development of cybersecurity-related courses and curricula.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H946235C48CEE4A57B3363EC7454C460D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Scholarship requirements</header> <paragraph id="H209C97B8FBBF4321A9132E04AF3CC485"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scholarships under this section shall be available only to students who—</text> <subparagraph id="H40318AF5A32D4EE583AF4C45230C6293"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are citizens or permanent residents of the United States;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD878991558BC472EA63344C7F777F67A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are full-time students in an eligible degree program, as determined by the Director, that is focused on computer security or information assurance at an awardee institution; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62394BEC89C940A8967F473AE2D24695"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accept the terms of a scholarship pursuant to this section.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AE7D604CD9142DA827B33E0DABEC454"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals shall be selected to receive scholarships primarily on the basis of academic merit, with consideration given to financial need, to the goal of promoting the participation of individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b), and to veterans. For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>veteran</term> means a person who—</text> <subparagraph id="H0E371D68C64241F699BEC6D96E8E8D43"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">served on active duty (other than active duty for training) in the Armed Forces of the United States for a period of more than 180 consecutive days, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78866E2198F44FEB92E0B6329878E6F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>served on active duty (other than active duty for training) in the Armed Forces of the United States and was discharged or released from such service for a service-connected disability before serving 180 consecutive days.</text> </subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">For purposes of subparagraph (B), the term <term>service-connected</term> has the meaning given such term under section 101 of title 38, United States Code.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4F9508E72024E538DECBA88E0D807D3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Service obligation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an individual receives a scholarship under this section, as a condition of receiving such scholarship, the individual upon completion of their degree must serve as a cybersecurity professional within the Federal workforce for a period of time as provided in paragraph (5). If a scholarship recipient is not offered employment by a Federal agency or a federally funded research and development center, the service requirement can be satisfied at the Director’s discretion by—</text> <subparagraph id="H5892B2E0E1554E5EAC1C167398C4C42D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serving as a cybersecurity professional in a State, local, or tribal government agency; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F21513DA8EF4850B14CF7BEEBE03057"><enum>(B)</enum><text>teaching cybersecurity courses at an institution of higher education.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H91A335E8FC55427495EFDB0CA5CAB8F3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conditions of support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of acceptance of a scholarship under this section, a recipient shall agree to provide the awardee institution with annual verifiable documentation of employment and up-to-date contact information.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA5340D089D7E42549C017D56D6AD4D9D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Length of service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The length of service required in exchange for a scholarship under this subsection shall be 1 year more than the number of years for which the scholarship was received.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFCEA06D88525482492DEA9890F742CEC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Failure To complete service obligation</header> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA93DE0986B1495289E42FFE6BC47BD3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General rule</header><text>If an individual who has received a scholarship under this section—</text> <subparagraph id="H18BCBBCD1DDD4967875DC3EAE0F3C618"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fails to maintain an acceptable level of academic standing in the educational institution in which the individual is enrolled, as determined by the Director;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA27E1BF47BEC45ED9A41639EC8B706CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is dismissed from such educational institution for disciplinary reasons;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE18FB987BDE448C99171B4D3164F79E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>withdraws from the program for which the award was made before the completion of such program;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB33064BF68CD40EEA214BAF08EB843DE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>declares that the individual does not intend to fulfill the service obligation under this section; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADFF2A57274A4A06BA4B029C490120F7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>fails to fulfill the service obligation of the individual under this section,</text> </subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">such individual shall be liable to the United States as provided in paragraph (3).</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H51717EA5DEF7491E97F2CEE834AF0341"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Monitoring compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of participating in the program, a qualified institution of higher education receiving a grant under this section shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HE7A95C8A7E7F4E79BF46A52C34D8E1CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enter into an agreement with the Director of the National Science Foundation to monitor the compliance of scholarship recipients with respect to their service obligation; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD56975A5C83847F1B02AB8E7358A5BA5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to the Director, on an annual basis, post-award employment information required under subsection (c)(4) for scholarship recipients through the completion of their service obligation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H63A79D592589463F93455F2A9C11148B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of repayment</header> <subparagraph id="HF211F4DFCE25417E895D0AD28344985F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Less than one year of service</header><text>If a circumstance described in paragraph (1) occurs before the completion of 1 year of a service obligation under this section, the total amount of awards received by the individual under this section shall be repaid or such amount shall be treated as a loan to be repaid in accordance with subparagraph (C).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39657ABF773A4E98972A3BCADBD3368F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>More than one year of service</header><text>If a circumstance described in subparagraph (D) or (E) of paragraph (1) occurs after the completion of 1 year of a service obligation under this section, the total amount of scholarship awards received by the individual under this section, reduced by the ratio of the number of years of service completed divided by the number of years of service required, shall be repaid or such amount shall be treated as a loan to be repaid in accordance with subparagraph (C).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1790650915FB48818949811E11F264E4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Repayments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan described in subparagraph (A) or (B) shall be treated as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a and following), and shall be subject to repayment, together with interest thereon accruing from the date of the scholarship award, in accordance with terms and conditions specified by the Director (in consultation with the Secretary of Education) in regulations promulgated to carry out this paragraph.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D30F105178E40938B6EFC98EFAAE9A2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Collection of repayment</header> <subparagraph id="H8D61976991904DAE9B25BA00D56B218E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the event that a scholarship recipient is required to repay the scholarship under this subsection, the institution providing the scholarship shall—</text> <clause id="H373396E33F824B34940071DC66DC4E12"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be responsible for determining the repayment amounts and for notifying the recipient and the Director of the amount owed; and</text> </clause><clause id="HF6498216013443308C66A18BA4F5767F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>collect such repayment amount within a period of time as determined under the agreement described in paragraph (2), or the repayment amount shall be treated as a loan in accordance with paragraph (3)(C).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD519F8D13B984AE8A45EA8345DC8A560"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Returned to treasury</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, any such repayment shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39C87FA0402447979D0AB60F1BC2B44E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Retain percentage</header><text>An institution of higher education may retain a percentage of any repayment the institution collects under this paragraph to defray administrative costs associated with the collection. The Director shall establish a single, fixed percentage that will apply to all eligible entities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB93D9EC2736D4B5C8C723CFA8A5218B0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The Director may provide for the partial or total waiver or suspension of any service or payment obligation by an individual under this section whenever compliance by the individual with the obligation is impossible or would involve extreme hardship to the individual, or if enforcement of such obligation with respect to the individual would be unconscionable.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E3D9ABCB271482B877297A78061E48A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Hiring authority</header><text>For purposes of any law or regulation governing the appointment of individuals in the Federal civil service, upon successful completion of their degree, students receiving a scholarship under this section shall be hired under the authority provided for in section 213.3102(r) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, and be exempted from competitive service. Upon fulfillment of the service term, such individuals shall be converted to a competitive service position without competition if the individual meets the requirements for that position.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H8C156764D5484FEDABBE1F103C69B633"><enum>107.</enum><header>Cybersecurity workforce assessment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act the President shall transmit to the Congress a report addressing the cybersecurity workforce needs of the Federal Government. The report shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HAAA744EDCF7547FE88492BD13F5A67C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an examination of the current state of and the projected needs of the Federal cybersecurity workforce, including a comparison of the different agencies and departments, and an analysis of the capacity of such agencies and departments to meet those needs;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H824A68972B3D427BB83224150DC67443"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the sources and availability of cybersecurity talent, a comparison of the skills and expertise sought by the Federal Government and the private sector, an examination of the current and future capacity of United States institutions of higher education, including community colleges, to provide cybersecurity professionals with those skills sought by the Federal Government and the private sector, and a description of how successful programs are engaging the talents of females and individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAAB29EDA72E1478EB8D940DBFA5C5FFC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an examination of the effectiveness of the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, the Centers of Academic Excellence in Research, and the Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service programs in promoting higher education and research in cybersecurity and information assurance and in producing a growing number of professionals with the necessary cybersecurity and information assurance expertise;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0D194FB0511E437DA084180386949B8D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of any barriers to the Federal Government recruiting and hiring cybersecurity talent, including barriers relating to compensation, the hiring process, job classification, and hiring flexibilities; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H24E29557CAD647E0BFA28389108AB8FC"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for Federal policies to ensure an adequate, well-trained Federal cybersecurity workforce.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H1307549BBAB64A5C921BF87F38BD3E3F"><enum>108.</enum><header>Cybersecurity university-industry task force</header> <subsection id="HA3A39A2742064853A2C806BC400390C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of university-Industry task force</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall convene a task force to explore mechanisms for carrying out collaborative research and development activities for cybersecurity through a consortium or other appropriate entity with participants from institutions of higher education and industry.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H60B2E9827F6147C7923FB83441504C48"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The task force shall—</text> <paragraph id="H1DEC485B8DC54A228D367E9EA8636DC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop options for a collaborative model and an organizational structure for such entity under which the joint research and development activities could be planned, managed, and conducted effectively, including mechanisms for the allocation of resources among the participants in such entity for support of such activities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H24AC36BE77B147858D24D7DC7924C155"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">propose a process for developing a research and development agenda for such entity, including guidelines to ensure an appropriate scope of work focused on nationally significant challenges and requiring collaboration;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H72F5C1D8D29042DEBB033B8445825C0A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>define the roles and responsibilities for the participants from institutions of higher education and industry in such entity;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1B3E51C83A7741B6925505EB91CB5CB1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">propose guidelines for assigning intellectual property rights, for the transfer of research and development results to the private sector; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4C0D80F350564ECE86D3BCDD63CAB6E9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>make recommendations for how such entity could be funded from Federal, State, and nongovernmental sources.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H153DFA34CFED49E7BBDC41000B6A9856"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Composition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing the task force under subsection (a), the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall appoint an equal number of individuals from institutions of higher education, including minority-serving institutions and community colleges, and from industry with knowledge and expertise in cybersecurity.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF24E077564A84ABE838623C53A4D3CD3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit to the Congress a report describing the findings and recommendations of the task force.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HFAD128DC343C430CA04C5376C14AFD1E"><enum>109.</enum><header>Cybersecurity checklist development and dissemination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(c) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7406(c)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H9F220F02A4A346CF95B1169353B6982A" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HD7F58A8D4F6641D09480EA991D57006B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Checklists for government systems</header> <paragraph id="H5360BB7DEE504949B6554DB367AA0256"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall develop or identify and revise or adapt as necessary, checklists, configuration profiles, and deployment recommendations for products and protocols that minimize the security risks associated with each computer hardware or software system that is, or is likely to become, widely used within the Federal Government.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE2763F9F6E3D4C0FBBFBB2EDE38F2133"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priorities for development</header><text>The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall establish priorities for the development of checklists under this subsection. Such priorities may be based on the security risks associated with the use of each system, the number of agencies that use a particular system, the usefulness of the checklist to Federal agencies that are users or potential users of the system, or such other factors as the Director determines to be appropriate.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H20649307056447CAA2C5CC8B06DE002B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Excluded systems</header><text>The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology may exclude from the requirements of paragraph (1) any computer hardware or software system for which the Director determines that the development of a checklist is inappropriate because of the infrequency of use of the system, the obsolescence of the system, or the inutility or impracticability of developing a checklist for the system.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H30558588C89F40BB9E9A409DE25B1F86"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Automation specifications</header><text>The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall develop automated security specifications (such as the Security Content Automation Protocol) with respect to checklist content and associated security related data.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H96DC9B241E3242CA97E24C68C9D29901"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Dissemination of checklists</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall ensure that Federal agencies are informed of the availability of any product developed or identified under the National Checklist Program for any information system, including the Security Content Automation Protocol and other automated security specifications.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0A389DD03DF94864BE547CA7DCC86D31"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Agency use requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The development of a checklist under paragraph (1) for a computer hardware or software system does not—</text> <subparagraph id="H6024E587102A4E929FA801BBDAA1807C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require any Federal agency to select the specific settings or options recommended by the checklist for the system;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10AFEE9E0E61458789D5F22281031A60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish conditions or prerequisites for Federal agency procurement or deployment of any such system;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H345B7A6F2AA8432BB7474531B6DA61EC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>imply an endorsement of any such system by the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DD6A04807A248CCAF6DA5CDB3490126"><enum>(D)</enum><text>preclude any Federal agency from procuring or deploying other computer hardware or software systems for which no such checklist has been developed or identified under paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HED7F61661170466BB514D571FE9D59DF"><enum>110.</enum><header>National Institute of Standards and Technology cybersecurity research and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3) is amended by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f), and by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HE490D604DB8D45159B4B0B23C2E03861"> <subsection id="H14506D6BE4E7426DAEA86A8E7E01B429"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Intramural security research</header><text>As part of the research activities conducted in accordance with subsection (d)(3), the Institute shall—</text> <paragraph id="HDDAB00F040A140BCACDD1B09F5322AA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a research program to develop a unifying and standardized identity, privilege, and access control management framework for the execution of a wide variety of resource protection policies and that is amenable to implementation within a wide variety of existing and emerging computing environments;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H69EDFF320DB548BF92A1059144605F7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>carry out research associated with improving the security of information systems and networks;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA195D53523DB44559001A78C90C778AD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>carry out research associated with improving the testing, measurement, usability, and assurance of information systems and networks; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H43DEB6957E554E3080F20F2E9DA11069"><enum>(4)</enum><text>carry out research associated with improving security of industrial control systems.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>

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This Act may be cited as the

Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2011

<enum>I</enum><header>Research and Development</header> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AFEF29EE0574E68BBA239F966CF8268"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="H61AF6D9A9678419FB40AABA996CCE354"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National coordination office</header><text>The term <term>National Coordination Office</term> means the National Coordination Office for the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development program.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HECB7394E67704CA482DFDBAD24B83D74"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>Program</term> means the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development program which has been established under section 101 of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511).</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H7C17DFDB0696482480F44BF66A266190"><enum>102.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7401) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFF99ED196FA048988D9405C236C44936"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HFCB73895470B47B4AC01F61BCA5A2200" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H74F66D661B9043EAB882FADE3036909C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advancements in information and communications technology have resulted in a globally interconnected network of government, commercial, scientific, and education infrastructures, including critical infrastructures for electric power, natural gas and petroleum production and distribution, telecommunications, transportation, water supply, banking and finance, and emergency and government services.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCDF697E8E78F47178136E42A5737E7CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>Exponential increases in interconnectivity have facilitated enhanced communications, economic growth,</quote> and inserting <quote>These advancements have significantly contributed to the growth of the United States economy</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF40DDDE526DC438482A50AE2D62E2AB3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA227EB2C6DE74FDCA4C78FD45B5CDB3F" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H5B108BCEC2DC457D905D8044AD854001"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Cyberspace Policy Review published by the President in May, 2009, concluded that our information technology and communications infrastructure is vulnerable and has <quote>suffered intrusions that have allowed criminals to steal hundreds of millions of dollars and nation-states and other entities to steal intellectual property and sensitive military information</quote>.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD4AEFF92A8DD496B998ACB8DBB4587D1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H872D3BA3182049DA972E50717D78AE44" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H6F961760E6964109B17E1E9126CAD0EA"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">While African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans constitute 33 percent of the college-age population, members of these minorities comprise less than 20 percent of bachelor degree recipients in the field of computer sciences.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="HFA0556A63B464AB1B5DBA522F5B8D324"><enum>103.</enum><header>Cybersecurity strategic research and development plan</header> <subsection id="HD5305B73F3324821A879E39F5DD1B8C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the agencies identified in subsection 101(a)(3)(B)(i) through (x) of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(3)(B)(i) through (x)) or designated under section 101(a)(3)(B)(xi) of such Act, working through the National Science and Technology Council and with the assistance of the National Coordination Office, shall transmit to Congress a strategic plan based on an assessment of cybersecurity risk to guide the overall direction of Federal cybersecurity and information assurance research and development for information technology and networking systems. Once every 3 years after the initial strategic plan is transmitted to Congress under this section, such agencies shall prepare and transmit to Congress an update of such plan.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H35A7E99772A8486D9E60CC1A9074A14A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of plan</header><text>The strategic plan required under subsection (a) shall—</text> <paragraph id="H98FD8985D47746AB95B254348C5F5AEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specify and prioritize near-term, mid-term and long-term research objectives, including objectives associated with the research areas identified in section 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)) and how the near-term objectives complement research and development areas in which the private sector is actively engaged;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC36A6557F1CD4116967AA20EE6F14DD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe how the Program will focus on innovative, transformational technologies with the potential to enhance the security, reliability, resilience, and trustworthiness of the digital infrastructure;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDC27DC65B18F459494D83800D3ACF24F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>describe how the Program will foster the transfer of research and development results into new cybersecurity technologies and applications for the benefit of society and the national interest, including through the dissemination of best practices and other outreach activities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA78861116F7048819C0802641CA5A8BB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>describe how the Program will establish and maintain a national research infrastructure for creating, testing, and evaluating the next generation of secure networking and information technology systems;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8896DD4B24254D54A9314ECAC04C8019"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe how the Program will facilitate access by academic researchers to the infrastructure described in paragraph (4), as well as to relevant data, including event data; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H512F4B13510F4132853CA6BE42E41FDF"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe how the Program will engage females and individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b) to foster a more diverse workforce in this area.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB8CFFFCB55224D6993726B30AA1A9BF6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Development of roadmap</header><text>The agencies described in subsection (a) shall develop and annually update an implementation roadmap for the strategic plan required in this section. Such roadmap shall—</text> <paragraph id="H25ACAA6ABE0745D8B12FA39969AE627D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specify the role of each Federal agency in carrying out or sponsoring research and development to meet the research objectives of the strategic plan, including a description of how progress toward the research objectives will be evaluated;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCA11C9B9F118427A94468FB01544CC20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>specify the funding allocated to each major research objective of the strategic plan and the source of funding by agency for the current fiscal year; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H36575545C07E47A7A5A78F0F5248F09C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>estimate the funding required for each major research objective of the strategic plan for the following 3 fiscal years.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H724E227183C84E049CF8DDED6A213F2D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>In developing and updating the strategic plan under subsection (a), the agencies involved shall solicit recommendations and advice from—</text> <paragraph id="HA3DF656BBBB14DD68CD2089045E1621D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the advisory committee established under section 101(b)(1) of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511(b)(1)); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H78A0AE566C784CBA9AAB0C55F8126FBF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a wide range of stakeholders, including industry, academia, including representatives of minority serving institutions and community colleges, and other relevant organizations and institutions.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H21BDE19160F646C4A7440BE7933A5BF5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Appending to report</header><text>The implementation roadmap required under subsection (c), and its annual updates, shall be appended to the report required under section 101(a)(2)(D) of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511(a)(2)(D)).</text> </subsection></section><section id="H6CB13CD19A384BBC81DBD6C32C77D23A"><enum>104.</enum><header>Social and behavioral research in cybersecurity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA5C189F74CA445689D51DF340C2F6ED9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and usability</quote> after <quote>to the structure</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBED97EA3A5944261BB731CE973BF58C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3C94B52AEE5A46488A7BABA4FEC8B05F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC6078E77CF814E1498CB9733BA9B34D5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H655A563E42CA4E17B3ED4841787ADD78" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H29E88399A07D4E43B3EF34D12F91A8FA"><enum>(J)</enum><text>social and behavioral factors, including human-computer interactions, usability, user motivations, and organizational cultures.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="HBA312F496BD84682BE9908D9E22FA12F"><enum>105.</enum><header>National Science Foundation cybersecurity research and development programs</header> <subsection id="H3FD854C52E524AF3959B0DB198861303"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Computer and network security research areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4AFCC6B88CA740E78F0BE7D0C47D984B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>identity management,</quote> after <quote>cryptography,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H08F901F3CFCD407593ECD12EA2EF5176"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I), by inserting <quote>, crimes against children, and organized crime</quote> after <quote>intellectual property</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEF213EFB4DD1491BBA81FEDA3AC218CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Computer and network security research grants</header><text>Section 4(a)(3) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block id="H25EAEC3C68F54EB68A9C7EA7F672B520" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H80C033B73A4F4D239DF2D67E0E6DECF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD63CA4E32BFF47089136C6FA6FF88F61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD37E50F760E4EC09A8E81D8C222D8F3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H3278731E27D643BB88C0B1BA046C73D4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Computer and network security research centers</header><text>Section 4(b) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(b)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H53B571C2B89342848808D02B729EEA21"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph id="HDB551A07AE69424D85CFBAE9E604FE5B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7485BF0D66A64B1995622C4B72868DDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB911F692DC1B436DB12E307E01716FE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6D41DA89CEA44AA986F30448E454D45" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H0D174CF3C15F4A3A8D66C6B4D1944A71"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the center will partner with government laboratories, for-profit entities, other institutions of higher education, or nonprofit research institutions.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14A00B09E50448B7B957707011D05694"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD00E000BCCE424C85273771A0044A64" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H1FE19936CF4C4D0CBD4494B9C9ACA21D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,500,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8E114FDEA574061B556EFD2923E4AD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$4,500,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB1EADE21D66148DEAA6B686476EFDE02"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$4,500,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HACFCE43B1DB74751B67D0EDDDC37B90D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Computer and network security capacity building grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a)(6) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7404(a)(6)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68C4D2698D1A438F911C7C5D55AFDF35" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H3B13AC52DBEE4BC7A80AE1288EFE692F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$19,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54ABB9E3F9984B98BEB12B26E44673A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$19,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3549FD59CD84D6BBAC466EEDE23A5D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$19,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H12B30353F6104975AFC1ADAC6A1D6A8E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Scientific and advanced technology act grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(b)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7404(b)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D94991B2CE34996A87D3638D918B0DF" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HCE5AB76260CD4AFB83E8A7E09B1B3A45"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,500,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DC08A96334A4A01A070CFEDF5AEE1A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$2,500,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BB9C876E8D845B19295DE239D8BAC24"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$2,500,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HB552AABA0A134ECBBBD32E509C1DD9D6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Graduate traineeships in computer and network security</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(c)(7) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7404(c)(7)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7C74482D5AE481D9821E5790A91470E" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H0DB92340B1CB4394B2EFC6E1EF1FD949"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$24,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H610824165E4947C1B5124D17CB09A2F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$24,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB2DEA3D201E4D129A5C87841929A1DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$24,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H72D04B67F67E40D19E5D1FBD68D750CE"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Cyber security faculty development traineeship program</header><text>Section 5(e) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 7404(e)) is repealed.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HC1D8EB65198E4B768B4790367B5C78F5"><enum>106.</enum><header>Federal cyber scholarship for service program</header> <subsection id="H9CD73D1AAF3846A3B8D78D88284B339E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the National Science Foundation shall continue a Scholarship for Service program under section 5(a) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7404(a)) to recruit and train the next generation of Federal cybersecurity professionals and to increase the capacity of the higher education system to produce an information technology workforce with the skills necessary to enhance the security of the Nation’s communications and information infrastructure.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H95DB537EEF3F4A93A51032F357B8525A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Characteristics of program</header><text>The program under this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="H069E6C5225E844F092FCFC95CC137960"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide, through qualified institutions of higher education, scholarships that provide tuition, fees, and a competitive stipend for up to 2 years to students pursing a bachelor’s or master’s degree and up to 3 years to students pursuing a doctoral degree in a cybersecurity field;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCEEA581DC4514A53A5A8C2219C68E511"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the scholarship recipients with summer internship opportunities or other meaningful temporary appointments in the Federal information technology workforce; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4C313E76BA6A418F853AC53B5CB53A92"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increase the capacity of institutions of higher education throughout all regions of the United States to produce highly qualified cybersecurity professionals, through the award of competitive, merit-reviewed grants that support such activities as—</text> <subparagraph id="H29AE9A53D1874920A2A7FDA78782779D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>faculty professional development, including technical, hands-on experiences in the private sector or government, workshops, seminars, conferences, and other professional development opportunities that will result in improved instructional capabilities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5955629D8C0847C188AD2B85217DA62F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institutional partnerships, including minority serving institutions and community colleges; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54D641177C244507BE2684B022BD2A4C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>development of cybersecurity-related courses and curricula.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H946235C48CEE4A57B3363EC7454C460D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Scholarship requirements</header> <paragraph id="H209C97B8FBBF4321A9132E04AF3CC485"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scholarships under this section shall be available only to students who—</text> <subparagraph id="H40318AF5A32D4EE583AF4C45230C6293"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are citizens or permanent residents of the United States;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD878991558BC472EA63344C7F777F67A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are full-time students in an eligible degree program, as determined by the Director, that is focused on computer security or information assurance at an awardee institution; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62394BEC89C940A8967F473AE2D24695"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accept the terms of a scholarship pursuant to this section.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AE7D604CD9142DA827B33E0DABEC454"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals shall be selected to receive scholarships primarily on the basis of academic merit, with consideration given to financial need, to the goal of promoting the participation of individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b), and to veterans. For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>veteran</term> means a person who—</text> <subparagraph id="H0E371D68C64241F699BEC6D96E8E8D43"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">served on active duty (other than active duty for training) in the Armed Forces of the United States for a period of more than 180 consecutive days, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78866E2198F44FEB92E0B6329878E6F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>served on active duty (other than active duty for training) in the Armed Forces of the United States and was discharged or released from such service for a service-connected disability before serving 180 consecutive days.</text> </subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">For purposes of subparagraph (B), the term <term>service-connected</term> has the meaning given such term under section 101 of title 38, United States Code.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4F9508E72024E538DECBA88E0D807D3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Service obligation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an individual receives a scholarship under this section, as a condition of receiving such scholarship, the individual upon completion of their degree must serve as a cybersecurity professional within the Federal workforce for a period of time as provided in paragraph (5). If a scholarship recipient is not offered employment by a Federal agency or a federally funded research and development center, the service requirement can be satisfied at the Director’s discretion by—</text> <subparagraph id="H5892B2E0E1554E5EAC1C167398C4C42D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serving as a cybersecurity professional in a State, local, or tribal government agency; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F21513DA8EF4850B14CF7BEEBE03057"><enum>(B)</enum><text>teaching cybersecurity courses at an institution of higher education.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H91A335E8FC55427495EFDB0CA5CAB8F3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Conditions of support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of acceptance of a scholarship under this section, a recipient shall agree to provide the awardee institution with annual verifiable documentation of employment and up-to-date contact information.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA5340D089D7E42549C017D56D6AD4D9D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Length of service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The length of service required in exchange for a scholarship under this subsection shall be 1 year more than the number of years for which the scholarship was received.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFCEA06D88525482492DEA9890F742CEC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Failure To complete service obligation</header> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA93DE0986B1495289E42FFE6BC47BD3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General rule</header><text>If an individual who has received a scholarship under this section—</text> <subparagraph id="H18BCBBCD1DDD4967875DC3EAE0F3C618"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fails to maintain an acceptable level of academic standing in the educational institution in which the individual is enrolled, as determined by the Director;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA27E1BF47BEC45ED9A41639EC8B706CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is dismissed from such educational institution for disciplinary reasons;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE18FB987BDE448C99171B4D3164F79E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>withdraws from the program for which the award was made before the completion of such program;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB33064BF68CD40EEA214BAF08EB843DE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>declares that the individual does not intend to fulfill the service obligation under this section; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADFF2A57274A4A06BA4B029C490120F7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>fails to fulfill the service obligation of the individual under this section,</text> </subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">such individual shall be liable to the United States as provided in paragraph (3).</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H51717EA5DEF7491E97F2CEE834AF0341"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Monitoring compliance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of participating in the program, a qualified institution of higher education receiving a grant under this section shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HE7A95C8A7E7F4E79BF46A52C34D8E1CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enter into an agreement with the Director of the National Science Foundation to monitor the compliance of scholarship recipients with respect to their service obligation; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD56975A5C83847F1B02AB8E7358A5BA5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide to the Director, on an annual basis, post-award employment information required under subsection (c)(4) for scholarship recipients through the completion of their service obligation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H63A79D592589463F93455F2A9C11148B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of repayment</header> <subparagraph id="HF211F4DFCE25417E895D0AD28344985F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Less than one year of service</header><text>If a circumstance described in paragraph (1) occurs before the completion of 1 year of a service obligation under this section, the total amount of awards received by the individual under this section shall be repaid or such amount shall be treated as a loan to be repaid in accordance with subparagraph (C).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39657ABF773A4E98972A3BCADBD3368F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>More than one year of service</header><text>If a circumstance described in subparagraph (D) or (E) of paragraph (1) occurs after the completion of 1 year of a service obligation under this section, the total amount of scholarship awards received by the individual under this section, reduced by the ratio of the number of years of service completed divided by the number of years of service required, shall be repaid or such amount shall be treated as a loan to be repaid in accordance with subparagraph (C).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1790650915FB48818949811E11F264E4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Repayments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan described in subparagraph (A) or (B) shall be treated as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a and following), and shall be subject to repayment, together with interest thereon accruing from the date of the scholarship award, in accordance with terms and conditions specified by the Director (in consultation with the Secretary of Education) in regulations promulgated to carry out this paragraph.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D30F105178E40938B6EFC98EFAAE9A2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Collection of repayment</header> <subparagraph id="H8D61976991904DAE9B25BA00D56B218E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the event that a scholarship recipient is required to repay the scholarship under this subsection, the institution providing the scholarship shall—</text> <clause id="H373396E33F824B34940071DC66DC4E12"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be responsible for determining the repayment amounts and for notifying the recipient and the Director of the amount owed; and</text> </clause><clause id="HF6498216013443308C66A18BA4F5767F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>collect such repayment amount within a period of time as determined under the agreement described in paragraph (2), or the repayment amount shall be treated as a loan in accordance with paragraph (3)(C).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD519F8D13B984AE8A45EA8345DC8A560"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Returned to treasury</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph, any such repayment shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39C87FA0402447979D0AB60F1BC2B44E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Retain percentage</header><text>An institution of higher education may retain a percentage of any repayment the institution collects under this paragraph to defray administrative costs associated with the collection. The Director shall establish a single, fixed percentage that will apply to all eligible entities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB93D9EC2736D4B5C8C723CFA8A5218B0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The Director may provide for the partial or total waiver or suspension of any service or payment obligation by an individual under this section whenever compliance by the individual with the obligation is impossible or would involve extreme hardship to the individual, or if enforcement of such obligation with respect to the individual would be unconscionable.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E3D9ABCB271482B877297A78061E48A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Hiring authority</header><text>For purposes of any law or regulation governing the appointment of individuals in the Federal civil service, upon successful completion of their degree, students receiving a scholarship under this section shall be hired under the authority provided for in section 213.3102(r) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, and be exempted from competitive service. Upon fulfillment of the service term, such individuals shall be converted to a competitive service position without competition if the individual meets the requirements for that position.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H8C156764D5484FEDABBE1F103C69B633"><enum>107.</enum><header>Cybersecurity workforce assessment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act the President shall transmit to the Congress a report addressing the cybersecurity workforce needs of the Federal Government. The report shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HAAA744EDCF7547FE88492BD13F5A67C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an examination of the current state of and the projected needs of the Federal cybersecurity workforce, including a comparison of the different agencies and departments, and an analysis of the capacity of such agencies and departments to meet those needs;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H824A68972B3D427BB83224150DC67443"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the sources and availability of cybersecurity talent, a comparison of the skills and expertise sought by the Federal Government and the private sector, an examination of the current and future capacity of United States institutions of higher education, including community colleges, to provide cybersecurity professionals with those skills sought by the Federal Government and the private sector, and a description of how successful programs are engaging the talents of females and individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAAB29EDA72E1478EB8D940DBFA5C5FFC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an examination of the effectiveness of the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, the Centers of Academic Excellence in Research, and the Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service programs in promoting higher education and research in cybersecurity and information assurance and in producing a growing number of professionals with the necessary cybersecurity and information assurance expertise;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0D194FB0511E437DA084180386949B8D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of any barriers to the Federal Government recruiting and hiring cybersecurity talent, including barriers relating to compensation, the hiring process, job classification, and hiring flexibilities; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H24E29557CAD647E0BFA28389108AB8FC"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for Federal policies to ensure an adequate, well-trained Federal cybersecurity workforce.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H1307549BBAB64A5C921BF87F38BD3E3F"><enum>108.</enum><header>Cybersecurity university-industry task force</header> <subsection id="HA3A39A2742064853A2C806BC400390C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of university-Industry task force</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall convene a task force to explore mechanisms for carrying out collaborative research and development activities for cybersecurity through a consortium or other appropriate entity with participants from institutions of higher education and industry.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H60B2E9827F6147C7923FB83441504C48"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>The task force shall—</text> <paragraph id="H1DEC485B8DC54A228D367E9EA8636DC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop options for a collaborative model and an organizational structure for such entity under which the joint research and development activities could be planned, managed, and conducted effectively, including mechanisms for the allocation of resources among the participants in such entity for support of such activities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H24AC36BE77B147858D24D7DC7924C155"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">propose a process for developing a research and development agenda for such entity, including guidelines to ensure an appropriate scope of work focused on nationally significant challenges and requiring collaboration;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H72F5C1D8D29042DEBB033B8445825C0A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>define the roles and responsibilities for the participants from institutions of higher education and industry in such entity;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1B3E51C83A7741B6925505EB91CB5CB1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">propose guidelines for assigning intellectual property rights, for the transfer of research and development results to the private sector; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4C0D80F350564ECE86D3BCDD63CAB6E9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>make recommendations for how such entity could be funded from Federal, State, and nongovernmental sources.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H153DFA34CFED49E7BBDC41000B6A9856"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Composition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In establishing the task force under subsection (a), the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall appoint an equal number of individuals from institutions of higher education, including minority-serving institutions and community colleges, and from industry with knowledge and expertise in cybersecurity.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF24E077564A84ABE838623C53A4D3CD3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit to the Congress a report describing the findings and recommendations of the task force.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HFAD128DC343C430CA04C5376C14AFD1E"><enum>109.</enum><header>Cybersecurity checklist development and dissemination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8(c) of the Cyber Security Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7406(c)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H9F220F02A4A346CF95B1169353B6982A" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HD7F58A8D4F6641D09480EA991D57006B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Checklists for government systems</header> <paragraph id="H5360BB7DEE504949B6554DB367AA0256"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall develop or identify and revise or adapt as necessary, checklists, configuration profiles, and deployment recommendations for products and protocols that minimize the security risks associated with each computer hardware or software system that is, or is likely to become, widely used within the Federal Government.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE2763F9F6E3D4C0FBBFBB2EDE38F2133"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priorities for development</header><text>The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall establish priorities for the development of checklists under this subsection. Such priorities may be based on the security risks associated with the use of each system, the number of agencies that use a particular system, the usefulness of the checklist to Federal agencies that are users or potential users of the system, or such other factors as the Director determines to be appropriate.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H20649307056447CAA2C5CC8B06DE002B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Excluded systems</header><text>The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology may exclude from the requirements of paragraph (1) any computer hardware or software system for which the Director determines that the development of a checklist is inappropriate because of the infrequency of use of the system, the obsolescence of the system, or the inutility or impracticability of developing a checklist for the system.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H30558588C89F40BB9E9A409DE25B1F86"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Automation specifications</header><text>The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall develop automated security specifications (such as the Security Content Automation Protocol) with respect to checklist content and associated security related data.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H96DC9B241E3242CA97E24C68C9D29901"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Dissemination of checklists</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall ensure that Federal agencies are informed of the availability of any product developed or identified under the National Checklist Program for any information system, including the Security Content Automation Protocol and other automated security specifications.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0A389DD03DF94864BE547CA7DCC86D31"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Agency use requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The development of a checklist under paragraph (1) for a computer hardware or software system does not—</text> <subparagraph id="H6024E587102A4E929FA801BBDAA1807C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>require any Federal agency to select the specific settings or options recommended by the checklist for the system;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10AFEE9E0E61458789D5F22281031A60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish conditions or prerequisites for Federal agency procurement or deployment of any such system;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H345B7A6F2AA8432BB7474531B6DA61EC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>imply an endorsement of any such system by the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DD6A04807A248CCAF6DA5CDB3490126"><enum>(D)</enum><text>preclude any Federal agency from procuring or deploying other computer hardware or software systems for which no such checklist has been developed or identified under paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HED7F61661170466BB514D571FE9D59DF"><enum>110.</enum><header>National Institute of Standards and Technology cybersecurity research and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3) is amended by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f), and by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HE490D604DB8D45159B4B0B23C2E03861"> <subsection id="H14506D6BE4E7426DAEA86A8E7E01B429"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Intramural security research</header><text>As part of the research activities conducted in accordance with subsection (d)(3), the Institute shall—</text> <paragraph id="HDDAB00F040A140BCACDD1B09F5322AA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a research program to develop a unifying and standardized identity, privilege, and access control management framework for the execution of a wide variety of resource protection policies and that is amenable to implementation within a wide variety of existing and emerging computing environments;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H69EDFF320DB548BF92A1059144605F7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>carry out research associated with improving the security of information systems and networks;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA195D53523DB44559001A78C90C778AD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>carry out research associated with improving the testing, measurement, usability, and assurance of information systems and networks; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H43DEB6957E554E3080F20F2E9DA11069"><enum>(4)</enum><text>carry out research associated with improving security of industrial control systems.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><enum>II</enum><header>Advancement of Cybersecurity Technical Standards</header> <section id="HB24E3AFBB36F4B9D85D57393F77AEB5B"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="HCDA064E799B04065A5864FEAD3515847"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF7EA62382FC444D5A579F35D79016A57"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Institute</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Institute</term> means the National Institute of Standards and Technology.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H8CA197D3F65F493C85117CCD28E67FD8"><enum>202.</enum><header>International cybersecurity technical standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director, in coordination with appropriate Federal authorities, shall—</text> <paragraph id="HDB6623E960D744E4865A7D4995FC921D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure coordination of United States Government representation in the international development of technical standards related to cybersecurity; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCB119EABBB3B45B990B540E4A86CB1E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, develop and transmit to the Congress a proactive plan to engage international standards bodies with respect to the development of technical standards related to cybersecurity.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H661E0743EFD54129B9FB2E431AB71F15"><enum>203.</enum><header>Promoting cybersecurity awareness and education</header> <subsection id="H1C211ED73C1A45C4BCC727BBCF1F83A3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director, in collaboration with relevant Federal agencies, industry, educational institutions, and other organizations, shall maintain a cybersecurity awareness and education program to increase public awareness of cybersecurity risks, consequences, and best practices through—</text> <paragraph id="HCD310D7AB8DD41559107863987B0A85C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the widespread dissemination of cybersecurity technical standards and best practices identified by the Institute; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H47235F5FD74143F1B8C449F8344D5923"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efforts to make cybersecurity technical standards and best practices usable by individuals, small to medium-sized businesses, State, local, and tribal governments, and educational institutions.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H760DBB53EC77414F9F5861ACCC0C15B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Manufacturing extension partnership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall, to the extent appropriate, implement subsection (a) through the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program under section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H8B1604247A7C437FB9B3F82F216EFAE4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall transmit to the Congress a report containing a strategy for implementation of this section.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H3EA92A89609F43919AE5B5A0E241DB4A"><enum>204.</enum><header>Identity management research and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director shall continue a program to support the development of technical standards, metrology, testbeds, and conformance criteria, taking into account appropriate user concerns, to—</text> <paragraph id="H66D67C98C50F43E2A046901EB43C9990"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improve interoperability among identity management technologies;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEC336D0F033D4589B94F2FC986A4E64A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>strengthen authentication methods of identity management systems;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2597C48FDE914F048E4BA3DF7231C10B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>improve privacy protection in identity management systems, including health information technology systems, through authentication and security protocols; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD427823A91DE4D33B22F16C87D39B764"><enum>(4)</enum><text>improve the usability of identity management systems.</text> </paragraph></section>