dkrause on DSKHT7XVN1PROD with PUBLAWS PUBLIC LAW 113–274—DEC. 18, 2014 128 STAT. 2977 (b) CYBERSECURITY PRACTICES RESEARCH.—The Director of the National Science Foundation shall support research that— (1) develops, evaluates, disseminates, and integrates new cybersecurity practices and concepts into the core curriculum of computer science programs and of other programs where graduates of such programs have a substantial probability of developing software after graduation, including new practices and concepts relating to secure coding education and improvement programs; and (2) develops new models for professional development of faculty in cybersecurity education, including secure coding development. (c) CYBERSECURITY MODELING AND TEST BEDS.— (1) REVIEW.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Science Foundation, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall conduct a review of cybersecurity test beds in existence on the date of enactment of this Act to inform the grants under paragraph (2). The review shall include an assessment of whether a sufficient number of cybersecurity test beds are available to meet the research needs under the Federal cybersecurity research and development strategic plan. Upon completion, the Director shall submit the review to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives. (2) ADDITIONAL CYBERSECURITY MODELING AND TEST BEDS.— (A) IN GENERAL.—If the Director of the National Science Foundation, after the review under paragraph (1), determines that the research needs under the Federal cybersecurity research and development strategic plan require the establishment of additional cybersecurity test beds, the Director of the National Science Foundation, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Homeland Security, may award grants to institutions of higher education or research and development nonprofit institutions to establish cybersecurity test beds. (B) REQUIREMENT.—The cybersecurity test beds under subparagraph (A) shall be sufficiently robust in order to model the scale and complexity of real-time cyber attacks and defenses on real world networks and environments. (C) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Director of the National Science Foundation, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall evaluate the effectiveness of any grants awarded under this subsection in meeting the objectives of the Federal cybersecurity research and development strategic plan not later than 2 years after the review under paragraph (1) of this subsection, and periodically thereafter. (d) COORDINATION WITH OTHER RESEARCH INITIATIVES.—In accordance with the responsibilities under section 101 of the HighPerformance Computing Act of 1991 (15 U.S.C. 5511), the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall coordinate, to the extent practicable, Federal research and development activities under this section with other ongoing research and development security-related initiatives, including research being conducted by— VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:01 Mar 03, 2015 Jkt 049139 PO 00274 Frm 00007 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL274.113 Deadline. Assessment. Grants. Determination. Coordination. Coordination. Evaluation. Deadlines. PUBL274