Sec. 2. United States-Israel cybersecurity cooperation
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The Secretary, in accordance with the agreement entitled the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the State of Israel on Cooperation in Science and Technology for Homeland Security Matters , dated May 29, 2008, and the requirements specified in paragraph (2), shall establish a grant program at the Department to support— cybersecurity research and development; and demonstration and commercialization of cybersecurity technology.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in carrying out a research, development, demonstration, or commercial application program or activity that is authorized under this section, the Secretary shall require cost sharing in accordance with this paragraph. Except as provided in clause (ii), the Secretary shall require not less than 50 percent of the cost of a research, development, demonstration, or commercialization application program or activity described in subparagraph
(A)to be provided by a non-Federal source. The Secretary may reduce or eliminate, on a case-by-case basis, the percentage requirement specified in clause
(i)if the Secretary determines that such reduction or elimination is necessary and appropriate. In carrying out a research, development, demonstration, or commercial application program or activity that is authorized under this section, awards shall be made only after an impartial review of the scientific and technical merit of the proposals for such awards has been carried out by or for the Department. In carrying out a review under subparagraph (C), the Secretary may use merit review processes developed under section 302(14) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 182(14) ). An applicant shall be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection if the project of such applicant— addresses a requirement in the area of cybersecurity research or cybersecurity technology, as determined by the Secretary; and is a joint venture between— a for-profit business entity, academic institution, National Laboratory (as defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 )), or nonprofit entity in the United States; and a for-profit business entity, academic institution, or nonprofit entity in Israel; or the Federal Government; and the Government of Israel. To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an applicant shall submit to the Secretary an application for such grant in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary, in consultation with the advisory board established under paragraph (5). The Secretary shall establish an advisory board to— monitor the method by which grants are awarded under this subsection; and provide to the Secretary periodic performance reviews of actions taken to carry out this subsection. The advisory board established under subparagraph
(A)shall be composed of three members, to be appointed by the Secretary, of whom— one shall be a representative of the Federal Government; one shall be selected from a list of nominees provided by the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation; and one shall be selected from a list of nominees provided by the United States-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may accept, retain, and use funds contributed by any person, government entity, or organization for purposes of carrying out this subsection— without further appropriation; and without fiscal year limitation. Not later than 180 days after the date of completion of a project for which a grant is provided under this subsection, the grant recipient shall submit to the Secretary a report that contains— a description of the method by which such recipient used the grant funds; and an evaluation of the level of success of each project funded by the grant. Grants shall be awarded under this subsection only for projects that are considered to be unclassified by both the United States and Israel. The grant program and the advisory committee established under this section terminate on the date that is seven years after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall use amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 308(b)(2)(E) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 188(b)(2)(E) ) to carry out this section. In this section— the term cybersecurity research means research, including social science research, into ways to identify, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity threats; the term cybersecurity technology means technology intended to identify, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity threats; the term cybersecurity threat has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (enacted as title I of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 ( Public Law 114–113 ))); the term Department means the Department of Homeland Security; and the term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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