,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hajc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #be1         
#bjbj,mr4 ,green of ,tennessee 7for     
himself1 ,mr4 ,langevin1 ,mr4 ,katko1   
and ,mr4 ,gallagher7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend section #ceec of 
title #dd1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
strengthen ,federal networks1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,protecting    
,federal ,networks ,act4  #b4           
,strengthening ,federal networks  7a7   
,authority ,section #ceec7;b7 of title  
#dd1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
 7#a7 in paragraph 7#f77;,d71 by        
striking 2 and at the end and inserting 
a semicolon2  7#b7 by redesignating     
paragraph 7#g7 as paragraph 7#h72 and   
7#c7 by inserting after paragraph 7#f7  
the following new paragraph3  7#g7      
hunting for and identifying1 with or    
without advance notice1 threats and     

vulnerabilities within ,federal         
information systems2 and  4  7b7        
,binding operational directive ,not     
later than #a year after the date of the
 enactment of this section1 the         
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
issue a binding operational directive   
pursuant to subsection 7b77#b7 of       
section #ceec of title #dd1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to implement paragraph   
7#g7 of section #ceec7;b7 of title #dd1 
,united ,states ,code1 as added by      
subsection 7a74