,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baed  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,obernolte 7for himself and ,ms4       
,mc,clellan7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to establish a cybersecurity   
literacy campaign1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,american           
,cybersecurity ,literacy ,act4  #b4     
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
the ,congress that the ,united ,states  
has a national security and economic    
interest in promoting cybersecurity     
literacy amongst the general public4    
#c4 ,establishment of cybersecurity     
literacy campaign  7a7 ,in general ,the 
,assistant ,secretary shall develop and 
conduct a cybersecurity literacy        
campaign 7which shall be available in   
multiple languages and formats1 if      
practicable7 to increase the knowledge  
and awareness of the ,american people of

 best practices to reduce cybersecurity 
risks4  7b7 ,campaign requirements ,in  
carrying out subsection 7a71 the        
,assistant ,secretary shall--  7#a7     
educate the ,american people on how to  
prevent and mitigate cyberattacks and   
cybersecurity risks1 including by-- 7,a7
 instructing the ,american people on how
 to identify--  7i7 phishing emails and 
messages2 and  7ii7 secure websites2    
7,b7 instructing the ,american people   
about the benefits of changing default  
passwords on hardware and software      
technology2  7,c7 encouraging the use of
 cybersecurity tools1 including--  7i7  
multi-factor authentication2  7ii7      
complex passwords2  7iii7 anti-virus    
software2  7iv7 patching and updating   
software and applications2 and  7v7     
virtual private networks2  7,d7         
identifying the devices that could pose 
possible cybersecurity risks1           
including--  7i7 personal computers2    
7ii7 smartphones2  7iii7 tablets2  7iv7 
,wi-,fi routers2  7v7 smart home        

appliances2  7vi7 webcams2  7vii7       
internet-connected monitors2 and  7viii7
 any other device that can be connected 
to the internet1 including mobile       
devices other than smartphones and      
tablets2  7,e7 encouraging ,americans   
to-- 7i7 regularly review mobile        
application permissions2  7ii7 decline  
privilege requests from mobile          
applications that are unnecessary2      
7iii7 download applications only from   
trusted vendors or sources2 and  7iv7   
consider a product's life cycle and the 
developer or manufacturer's commitment  
to providing security updates during a  
connected device's expected period of   
use2 and  7,f7 identifying the potential
 cybersecurity risks of using publicly  
available ,wi-,fi networks and the      
methods a user may utilize to limit such
 risks2 and  7#b7 encourage the         
,american people to use resources to    
help mitigate the cybersecurity risks   
identified in this subsection4  7c7     
,assistant ,secretary defined ,in this  

section1 the term ,assistant ,secretary 
means the ,assistant ,secretary of      
,commerce for ,communications and       
,information4