,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aefi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1      
#bjai,mr4 ,wyden introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,rules   
and ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,federal ,election ,campaign  
,act of #aiga to allow certain          
expenditures for cybersecurity-related  
services or assistance4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,federal ,campaign ,cybersecurity       
,assistance ,act of #bjai4  #b4         
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,the intelligence        
community has confirmed that the        
,russian government meddled in our      
elections4  7#b7 ,candidates for        
,federal office from both major         
political parties have been targeted by 
sophisticated cyber-attacks4  7#c7      
,there is a compelling governmental     
interest in preventing foreign influence
 over the ,united ,states political     

process1 and that this includes         
protecting the political process1 the   
parties1 and individual campaigns from  
cyber-attacks4  #c4 ,allowing certain   
expenditures for cybersecurity-related  
services or assistance  7a7 ,use of     
building funds  7#a7 ,in general        
,subsection 7a77#i77;,b7 of section #cae
 of the ,federal ,election ,campaign    
,act of #aiga 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #cjaaf7 is 
amended-- 7,a7 by inserting 7i7 after   
7,b72  7,b7 in clause 7i71 as added by  
subparagraph 7,a71 by adding at the end 
the following new sentence3             
,notwithstanding the preceding sentence1
 such account may also be used to defray
 the expenses incurred for secure       
information communications technology or
 cybersecurity products or services for 
the national committee1 a ,state party1 
or for a candidate or his or her        
authorized committee1 regardless of     
whether the expense otherwise relates to
 the construction1 purchase1 renovation1
 operation1 and furnishing of one or    

more headquarters buildings of the      
party42 and  7,c7 by adding at the end  
the following new clauses3  7ii7 ,for   
purposes of this subparagraph1 the term 
secure information communications       
technology means a                      
commercial-off-the-shelf computing      
device which has been configured to     
restrict unauthorized access and uses   
publicly-available baseline             
configurations4  7iii7 ,for purposes of 
this subparagraph1 the term             
cybersecurity product or service means a
 product or service which helps an      
organization to achieve the set of      
standards1 guidelines1 best practices1  
methodologies1 procedures1 and processes
 to cost-effectively identify1 detect1  
protect1 respond to1 and recover from   
cyber risks as developed by the         
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology pursuant to subsections     
7c77#ae7 and 7e7 of section #bgb of     
title #ae1 ,united ,states ,code4  7iv7 
,an authorized committee may not sell   

any secure information communications   
technology or cybersecurity products or 
services received by the authorized     
committee that were purchased using such
 account funds4 ,nothing in the         
preceding sentence shall prevent an     
authorized committee from donating such 
secure information communications       
technology or cybersecurity products or 
services to a charitable organization or
 to a ,federal1 ,state1 local1 or       
,tribal government agency at the        
conclusion of the campaign4  4  7#b7    
,reporting ,section #cjd7;b7 of such    
,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #cjajd7;b77 is      
amended by striking and at the end of   
paragraph 7#g71 by striking the period  
at the end of paragraph 7#h7 and        
inserting 2 and1 and by adding at the   
end the following new paragraph3  7#i7  
for the national committee of a         
political party1 the name and address of
 each authorized committee to which     
secure information communications       
technology or cybersecurity products or 

services is supplied from an account    
described in section #cae7;a77#i77;,b74 
4  7#c7 ,effective date ,the amendments 
made by this subsection shall apply to  
expenditures made on or after the date  
of enactment of this ,act4  7b7         
,treatment of cybersecurity-,related    
services as in-,kind contribution       
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 effective #b years after the date  
of enactment of this ,act1 any secure   
information communications technology or
 cybersecurity products or services 7as 
those terms are defined in subsection   
7a77#i77;,b7 of section #cae of the     
,federal ,election ,campaign ,act of    
#aiga 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #cjaaf71 as added  
by subsection 7a71 that are provided at 
less than fair-market value to a        
political committee or a candidate for  
,federal office 7as those terms are     
defined in section #cja of such ,act    
7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #cjaja77 other than in   
accordance with such subsection         
7a77#i77;,b71 shall be considered an    

in-kind contribution1 regardless of     
whether such services are made available
 on the same terms and conditions to all
 political committees or candidates1    
unless such services are made available 
on the same terms and conditions to all 
persons in the general public4