,,ii  ,calendar ,no4 #aac #aafth        
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #aaeh
  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the        
,,united ,,states  ,june #aa1           
#bjai,received2 read twice and placed on
 the calendar  ,,an ,,act  ,to authorize
 cyber incident response teams at the   
,department of ,homeland ,security1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,dhs    
,cyber ,incident ,response ,teams ,act  
of #bjai4  #b4 ,department of ,homeland 
,security cyber incident response teams 
7a7 ,in general ,section #bbji of the   
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f   
,u4,s4,c4 #adh7 is amended--  7#a7 in   
subsection 7d77#a77;,b77iv71 by         
inserting 1 including cybersecurity     
specialists after entities2  7#b7 by    
redesignating subsections 7f7 through   
7m7 as subsections 7g7 through 7n71     
respectively2  7#c7 by inserting after  
subsection 7e7 the following new        
subsection 7f73  7f7 ,cyber incident    
response teams  7#a7 ,in general ,the   

,center shall maintain cyber hunt and   
incident response teams for the purpose 
of providing1 as appropriate and upon   
request1 assistance1 including the      
following3  7,a7 ,assistance to asset   
owners and operators in restoring       
services following a cyber incident4    
7,b7 ,the identification of             
cybersecurity risk and unauthorized     
cyber activity4  7,c7 ,mitigation       
strategies to prevent1 deter1 and       
protect against cybersecurity risks4    
7,d7 ,recommendations to asset owners   
and operators for improving overall     
network and control systems security to 
lower cybersecurity risks1 and other    
recommendations1 as appropriate4  7,e7  
,such other capabilities as the ,under  
,secretary appointed under section      
#ajc7;a77#a77;,h7 determines            
appropriate4  7#b7 ,cybersecurity       
specialists ,the ,secretary may include 
cybersecurity specialists from the      
private sector on cyber hunt and        
incident response teams4  7#c7          

,associated metrics ,the ,center shall  
continually assess and evaluate the     
cyber incident response teams and their 
operations using robust metrics4  7#d7  
,submittal of information to ,congress  
,upon the conclusion of each of the     
first #d fiscal years ending after the  
date of the enactment of this           
subsection1 the ,center shall submit to 
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security of
 the ,house of ,representatives and the 
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs ,committee of the ,senate1     
information on the metrics used for     
evaluation and assessment of the cyber  
incident response teams and operations  
pursuant to paragraph 7#c71 including   
the resources and staffing of such cyber
 incident response teams4 ,such         
information shall include each of the   
following for the period covered by the 
report3  7,a7 ,the total number of      
incident response requests received4    
7,b7 ,the number of incident response   
tickets opened4  7,c7 ,all interagency  

staffing of incident response teams4    
7,d7 ,the interagency collaborations    
established to support incident response
 teams4  2 and  7#d7 in subsection 7g71 
as redesignated by paragraph 7#b7-- 7,a7
 in paragraph 7#a71 by inserting 1 or   
any team or activity of the ,center1    
after ,center2 and  7,b7 in paragraph   
7#b71 by inserting 1 or any team or     
activity of the ,center1 after ,center4 
7b7 ,no additional funds authorized ,no 
additional funds are authorized to be   
appropriated to carry out the           
requirements of this ,act and the       
amendments made by this ,act4 ,such     
requirements shall be carried out using 
amounts otherwise authorized to be      
appropriated4  ,passed the ,house of    
,representatives ,june #aj1             
#bjai4;,cheryl ,l4 ,johnson1,clerk4     
,june #aa1 #bjai,received2 read twice   
and placed on the calendar