,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ag1 #bjbe,mr4 
,nunn of ,iowa 7for himself and ,mr4    
,davis of ,north ,carolina7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,national         
,agricultural ,research1 ,extension1 and
 ,teaching ,policy ,act of #aigg to     
direct the ,secretary of ,agriculture to
 establish a program providing for the  
establishment of ,agriculture           
,cybersecurity ,centers1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,cybersecurity in   
,agriculture ,act of #bjbe4  #b4        
,agriculture ,cybersecurity ,centers    
,subtitle ,k of the ,national           
,agricultural ,research1 ,extension1 and
 ,teaching ,policy ,act of #aigg 7#g    
,u4,s4,c4 #ccai et seq47 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3        
#adgc;,i4 ,agriculture ,cybersecurity   
,centers  7a7 ,in general ,the          

,secretary1 acting through the ,director
 of the ,national ,institute of ,food   
and ,agriculture1 and in consultation   
with the ,secretary of ,homeland        
,security1 shall establish a program    
under which the ,secretary will-- 7#a7  
on a competitive basis1 award grants to1
 or enter into cooperative agreements   
with1 eligible entities to establish #e 
,regional ,agriculture ,cybersecurity   
,centers to carry out research1         
development1 and education on           
agriculture cybersecurity1 with respect 
to seed agriculture1 horticulture1      
animal agriculture1 and the agriculture 
supply chain2  7#b7 establish a national
 network of such ,regional ,agricultural
 ,cybersecurity ,centers2 and  7#c7     
designate one college or university to  
coordinate the activities of such       
national network4  7b7 ,duties ,a       
,regional ,agriculture ,cybersecurity   
,center shall-- 7#a7 conduct research on
 cybersecurity systems for the          
agriculture sector1 including developing

 cybersecurity situational awareness    
systems to monitor cybersecurity        
threats1 intrusions1 and anomalies2     
7#b7 develop a security operations      
center for the agriculture sector to    
analyze cybersecurity threats1          
intrusions1 and anomalies and to        
recommend mitigation actions2  7#c7     
develop cybersecurity technologies and  
tools for the agricultural sector1      
including domain-specific intrusion and 
anomaly detection systems1              
domain-specific intrusion prevention    
systems1 domain specific role-based     
access control and user authentication  
systems1 lightweight device             
authentication protocols1 and secure    
network architectures2  7#d7 build live 
cybersecurity testbeds to assess and    
refine cybersecurity technologies1      
tools1 and systems developed for the    
agricultural sector2  7#e7 conduct      
attack_/defense exercises to validate   
and evaluate cybersecurity solutions for
 field deployment and agriculture       

industry adoption2  7#f7 develop        
cybersecurity education and training    
programs for agricultural stakeholders2 
7#g7 conduct cybersecurity training     
using the testbeds referred to in       
paragraph 7#d72 and  7#h7 build a       
regional research and development       
collaboration network4  7c7 ,eligible   
entity ,in this section1 the term       
eligible entity means a college or      
university that has programs in food and
 agriculture sciences and cybersecurity 
that coordinates regional industry      
partners1 cooperatives1 government      
authorities and other stakeholders to   
strengthen security1 privacy and        
resiliency1 bolster the independent     
networks1 and develop a skilled         
workforce4  7d7 ,authorization of       
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this       
section #be1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal  
years #bjbf through #bjcj4  4