Sec. 401. Definitions

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In this title: The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. The term critical infrastructure has the meaning given that term in section 1016(e) of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2001 ( 42 U.S.C. 5195c(e) ). The term Department means the Department of Homeland Security. The term entity means a non-Federal entity and a private entity, as such terms are defined under section 102 of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ( 6 U.S.C. 1501 ).

The term national critical functions means functions of government and the private sector so vital to the United States that their disruption, corruption, or dysfunction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security. The term stakeholders means persons or groups whose consultation may aid the Secretary in exercising the authority of the Secretary under this title, including— Sector Coordinating Councils within the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council, established under section 871 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 451 ); the State, Local, Tribal and Territorial Government Coordinating Council, within the Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council, established under section 871 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6.U.S.C. 451); the Cybersecurity Advisory Committee established under section 2219 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 665e ), as so redesignated by section 101 of this Act; the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee established pursuant to Executive Order 12382 (47 Fed. Reg. 40531); and the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, established pursuant to Executive Order 13231 (66 Fed. Reg. 53063).

The term Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure means an entity that has been designated as such by the Secretary through the process and procedures established under section 402.

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