Sec. 1551. 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 (or successor agreement), 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 section 317 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 195c ), 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 commercial 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 is 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, 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; and neither such applicant nor the project of such applicant pose a counterintelligence threat, as determined by the Director of National Intelligence. 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 section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may, only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, accept or retain funds contributed by any person, government entity, or organization for purposes of carrying out this subsection. Such funds shall be available, subject to appropriation, 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 how the grant funds were used by the recipient; and an evaluation of the level of success of each project funded by the grant. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until the grant program established under this subsection terminates, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on grants awarded and projects completed under such program. Grants shall be awarded under this subsection only for projects that are considered to be unclassified by both the United States and Israel. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section not less than $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 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 ( 6 U.S.C. 1501 ; 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; the term National Laboratory has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15801 ); and the term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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