[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4860 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4860

To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish the United 
   States - Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2016

   Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Wasserman 
  Schultz, Mr. Israel, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Keating, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
 Polis, Mr. Zeldin, and Mr. Lowenthal) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
    to the Committees on Homeland Security and Science, Space, and 
Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish the United 
   States - Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States - Israel Cybersecurity 
Cooperation Act''.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES - ISRAEL CYBERSECURITY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to establish a 
joint United States - Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence based 
in the United States and Israel to leverage the experience, knowledge, 
and expertise of institutions of higher education (as such term is 
defined in subsection (a) or (b) of section 101 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), private sector entities, and government 
entities in the area of cybersecurity and protection of critical 
infrastructure (as such term is defined in subsection (e) of section 
1016 of the Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 
5195c; enacted in title X of the USA Patriot Act (Public Law 107-56)) 
in order to--
            (1) promote joint research and development;
            (2) share best practices and access to American and Israeli 
        innovation; and
            (3) strengthen the partnership between the United States 
        and Israeli academic and research institutions, private sector 
        entities, and government entities.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL INNOVATION PRIZE.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to carry out a 
program in cooperation with the United States - Israel Cybersecurity 
Center of Excellence under section 2 to award an annual competitive 
prize to stimulate innovation that has the potential to advance the 
mission of the Center of Excellence.
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