,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ah 
7legislative day1 ,september #af71 #bjbe
 ,mr4 ,budd 7for himself and ,ms4       
,cortez ,masto7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,agriculture1     
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,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 #ccaj 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 shall--  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 ,agriculture 
,cybersecurity ,centers2 and  7#c7      
designate one eligible entity 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--     
7,a7 to analyze cybersecurity threats1  
intrusions1 and anomalies2 and  7,b7 to 
recommend mitigation actions2  7#c7     
develop cybersecurity technologies and  
tools for the agriculture sector1       
including--  7,a7 domain-specific       
intrusion and anomaly detection systems2
  7,b7 domain-specific intrusion        
prevention systems2  7,c7               
domain-specific role-based access       
control and user authentication systems2
  7,d7 lightweight device authentication
 protocols2 and  7,e7 secure network    
architectures2  7#d7 build live         
cybersecurity testbeds to assess and    
refine cybersecurity technologies1      
tools1 and systems developed for the    
agriculture 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  7#h7 build a regional  
research and development collaboration  
network2 and  7#i7 ensure that the      
research described in paragraph 7#a71   
the technologies and tools described in 
paragraph 7#c71 and the attack_/defense 
exercises described in paragraph 7#e7   
are specifically designed to prevent    
cyberattacks from--  7,a7 the ,people's 
,republic of ,china2  7,b7 the          
,democratic ,people's ,republic of      
,korea2  7,c7 the ,russian ,federation2 
7,d7 the ,islamic ,republic of ,iran2   
and  7,e7 such other countries as the   
,secretary1 in consultation with the    
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1      
determines to be appropriate4  7c7      

,definition of eligible entity  ,in this
 section1 the term eligible entity means
 a land-grant college or university     
that--  7#a7 has programs in the food   
and agricultural sciences and           
cybersecurity2 and  7#b7 coordinates    
regional industry partners1             
cooperatives1 government authorities1   
and other stakeholders--  7,a7 to       
strengthen the security1 privacy1 and   
resiliency of agricultural systems2     
7,b7 to bolster the resiliency of       
cybersecurity infrastructure used by    
independent1 noncentralized1 locally    
owned and operated agricultural         
networks2 and  7,c7 to develop a skilled
 workforce equipped to manage and       
protect agricultural systems from       
cyberattacks4  7d7  ,authorization of   
appropriations  ,there is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this       
section #be1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal  
years #bjbf through #bjcj4  4