H. R. 2029—697 (8) FEDERAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Federal entity’’ means a department or agency of the United States or any component of such department or agency. (9) INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘information system’’— (A) has the meaning given the term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code; and (B) includes industrial control systems, such as supervisory control and data acquisition systems, distributed control systems, and programmable logic controllers. (10) LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘local government’’ means any borough, city, county, parish, town, township, village, or other political subdivision of a State. (11) MALICIOUS CYBER COMMAND AND CONTROL.—The term ‘‘malicious cyber command and control’’ means a method for unauthorized remote identification of, access to, or use of, an information system or information that is stored on, processed by, or transiting an information system. (12) MALICIOUS RECONNAISSANCE.—The term ‘‘malicious reconnaissance’’ means a method for actively probing or passively monitoring an information system for the purpose of discerning security vulnerabilities of the information system, if such method is associated with a known or suspected cybersecurity threat. (13) MONITOR.—The term ‘‘monitor’’ means to acquire, identify, or scan, or to possess, information that is stored on, processed by, or transiting an information system. (14) NON-FEDERAL ENTITY.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the term ‘‘non-Federal entity’’ means any private entity, non-Federal government agency or department, or State, tribal, or local government (including a political subdivision, department, or component thereof). (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘non-Federal entity’’ includes a government agency or department of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States. (C) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘non-Federal entity’’ does not include a foreign power as defined in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). (15) PRIVATE ENTITY.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the term ‘‘private entity’’ means any person or private group, organization, proprietorship, partnership, trust, cooperative, corporation, or other commercial or nonprofit entity, including an officer, employee, or agent thereof. (B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘private entity’’ includes a State, tribal, or local government performing utility services, such as electric, natural gas, or water services. (C) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘private entity’’ does not include a foreign power as defined in section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801).