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Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014

113th Congress · Approved Dec 18, 2014 · 128 Stat. 2971

An Act

To provide for an ongoing, voluntary public-private partnership to improve cybersecurity, and to strengthen cybersecurity research and development, workforce development and education, and public awareness and preparedness, 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; Table of Contents.

(a)
Short Title.— This Act may be cited as the “Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014”.
(b)
Table of Contents.— The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Definitions.

Sec. 3. No regulatory authority.

Sec. 4. No additional funds authorized.

TITLE I— PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION ON CYBERSECURITY

Sec. 101. Public-private collaboration on cybersecurity.

TITLE II— CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Sec. 201. Federal cybersecurity research and development.

Sec. 202. Computer and network security research centers.

Sec. 203. Cybersecurity automation and checklists for government systems.

Sec. 204. National Institute of Standards and Technology cybersecurity research and development.

TITLE III— EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Sec. 301. Cybersecurity competitions and challenges.

Sec. 302. Federal cyber scholarship-for-service program.

TITLE IV— CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS AND PREPAREDNESS

Sec. 401. National cybersecurity awareness and education program.

TITLE V— ADVANCEMENT OF CYBERSECURITY TECHNICAL STANDARDS

Sec. 501. Definitions.

Sec. 502. International cybersecurity technical standards.

Sec. 503. Cloud computing strategy.

Sec. 504. Identity management research and development.

SEC. 2. Definitions.

In this Act:
(1)
Cybersecurity mission.— The term “cybersecurity mission” means activities that encompass the full range of threat reduction, vulnerability reduction, deterrence, international engagement, incident response, resiliency, and recovery policies and activities, including computer network operations, information assurance, law enforcement, diplomacy, military, and intelligence missions as such activities relate to the security and stability of cyberspace.
(2)
Information system.— The term “information system” has the meaning given that term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.

SEC. 3. No Regulatory Authority.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to confer any regulatory authority on any Federal, State, tribal, or local department or agency.

SEC. 4. No Additional Funds Authorized.

No additional funds are authorized to carry out this Act, and the amendments made by this Act. This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized or appropriated.