,i #aaeth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #aiig ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #f1 #bjag,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania 7for himself and ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to encourage ,united ,states-,ukraine cybersecurity cooperation and require a report regarding such cooperation1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,ukraine ,cybersecurity ,cooperation ,act of #bjag4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,the ,united ,states established diplomatic relations with ,ukraine in #aiib1 following its independence from the ,soviet ,union4 7#b7 ,the ,united ,states attaches great importance to the success of ,ukraine's transition to a modern democratic country with a flourishing market economy4 7#c7 ,in #bjad1 days before the ,presidential election in ,ukraine1 there took place a failed attempt to destroy the election system software through a cyber attack4 7#d7 ,in ,december #bjae1 ,ukrainian power companies experienced unscheduled power outages impacting a large number of customers in ,ukraine from a cyber attack4 7#e7 ,in response to cyber attacks in ,ukraine1 ,ukrainian ,president ,petro ,poroshenko emphasized the need for a ,national ,cyber ,security ,system declaring that cyberspace has turned into another battlefield #aja for ,state independence4 7#f7 ,as a result of the ,december #bjae cyberattack1 the ,united ,states sent interagency teams that included representatives from the ,department of ,energy1 the ,federal ,bureau of ,investigation1 and the ,north ,american ,electric ,reliability ,corporation to ,ukraine to look into the safety of their infrastructure and to help with investigations4 ,the visit was followed up by another interagency delegation to ,ukraine in ,march #bjaf1 and a ,may #bjaf ,united ,states-,ukrainian tabletop exercise on mitigating attacks against ,ukraine's infrastructure4 7#g7 ,as noted by former ,deputy ,secretary of ,commerce1 ,bruce ,andrews1 ,cybersecurity is a perfect example of a sector in which we can work together to increase national and economic security1 create jobs1 and provide mutual prosperity for both our economies4 ,together ,i am confident that we can provide leadership to enhance cybersecurity capabilities across ,central and ,southeast ,europe44 #c4 ,statement of policy ,it is the policy of the ,united ,states to-- 7#a7 reaffirm the commitment of the ,united ,states to the ,united ,states-,ukraine ,charter on ,strategic ,partnership1 which highlights the importance of the bilateral relationship and outlines enhanced cooperation in the areas of defense1 security1 economics and trade1 energy security1 democracy1 and cultural exchanges2 7#b7 reaffirm the commitment of the ,united ,states to support cooperation between the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty ,organization 7,,nato7 and ,ukraine2 7#c7 reaffirm the commitment of the ,united ,states to provide financial1 economic1 and technical assistance to ,ukraine to achieve its goals for the ,ukrainian ,government to make progress on reforms and anticorruption initiatives2 7#d7 reaffirm the commitment of the ,united ,states to the ,budapest ,memorandum on security assurances2 and 7#e7 assist the ,ukrainian ,government to improve its cybersecurity strategy4 #d4 ,united ,states actions to assist ,ukraine to improve its cybersecurity and protect ,american interests 7a7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress that the ,secretary of ,state should take the following actions1 commensurate with ,united ,states interests1 to assist ,ukraine to improve its cybersecurity3 7#a7 ,provide ,ukraine such support as may be necessary to increase most advanced security protection on government computers1 particularly such systems that defend the critical infrastructure of ,ukraine4 7#b7 ,provide ,ukraine support in reducing reliance on ,russian technology4 7#c7 ,assist ,ukraine to build capacity1 expand cybersecurity information sharing1 and cooperate in international response efforts4 7b7 ,report on ,ukraine's cybersecurity ,not later than #ahj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,state shall submit to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate a report on the status of ,united ,states cybersecurity cooperation with ,ukraine to seek new areas for collaboration and assistance1 as well as pursue cooperation with regional partners and organizations to address shared cyber challenges4 ,such report shall also include information relating to the following3 7#a7 ,an update on the ,u4,s4 ,department of ,energy's efforts to establish a ,united ,states-,ukraine ,stakeholder ,working ,group as an element of their work with ,ukraine to develop a ,ukrainian ,cyber ,security ,program4 7#b7 ,an assessment capability to establish joint ,united ,states and ,ukrainian participation to-- 7,a7 conduct cybersecurity assessments of existing ,ukrainian ,government1 military1 critical infrastructure1 and banking systems in order to identify critical vulnerabilities2 7,b7 recommend mitigation strategies relating to such assessments2 7,c7 combat cybercrime1 including through training workshops and joint tabletop exercises covering priority cybersecurity scenarios2 and 7,d7 establish an information security awareness program4 7#c7 ,an update of progress on ,,nato's agreement to establish an ,incident ,management ,center to monitor cyber security events and laboratories to investigate cybersecurity incidents4