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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 1638 (Introduced in Senate) — To promote public awareness of cybersecurity. · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. Research report on developing technologies that would enhance cybersecurity of critical infrastructure entities

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In this section, the term critical infrastructure has the meaning given that term in section 1016(e) of the USA PATRIOT Act (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)). The Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter into a contract with the National Research Council, or another federally funded research and development corporation, under which the Council or corporation shall submit to Congress a report on opportunities to develop new technologies or technological approaches, including developing a secure domain, that would enhance the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure entities. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall— consider only technologies or technological options that can be deployed consistent with constitutional and statutory privacy rights; and identify any technologies or technological options described in subparagraph
(A)that merit Federal research support. The contract entered into under paragraph
(1)shall require that the report described in paragraph
(1)be submitted not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Homeland Security may enter into additional subsequent contracts as appropriate.
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