PUBLIC LAW 113–282—DEC. 18, 2014
128 STAT. 3069
discretion of the Under Secretary appointed under section
103(a)(1)(H).
‘‘(2) CERTAIN ASSISTANCE OR INFORMATION.—The provision
of certain assistance or information to, or inclusion in the
Center of, one governmental or private entity pursuant to this
section shall not create a right or benefit, substantive or procedural, to similar assistance or information for any other governmental or private entity.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of
contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 225 the following:
‘‘Sec. 226. National cybersecurity and communications integration center.’’.
SEC. 4. RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING NEW AGREEMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit recommendations
on how to expedite the implementation of information-sharing
agreements for cybersecurity purposes between the Center and
non-Federal entities (referred to in this section as ‘‘cybersecurity
information-sharing agreements’’) to—
(1) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
(b) CONTENTS.—In submitting recommendations under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—
(1) address the development and utilization of a scalable
form that retains all privacy and other protections in cybersecurity information-sharing agreements that are in effect as of
the date on which the Secretary submits the recommendations,
including Cooperative Research and Development Agreements;
and
(2) include in the recommendations any additional authorities or resources that may be needed to carry out the
implementation of any new cybersecurity information-sharing
agreements.
Deadline.
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SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, and every year thereafter for 3 years, the Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the
Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and the Comptroller
General of the United States a report on the Center, which shall
include—
(a) information on the Center, including—
(1) an assessment of the capability and capacity of the
Center to carry out its cybersecurity mission under this Act;
(2) the number of representatives from non-Federal entities
that are participating in the Center, including the number
of representatives from States, nonprofit organizations, and
private sector entities, respectively;
(3) the number of requests from non-Federal entities to
participate in the Center and the response to such requests;
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