Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010

Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2010 - Authorizes the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) to establish a five-year pilot program to to recruit highly-skilled individuals who are pursing or have obtained a graduate degree in a field related to cybersecurity. Designates the program as the NSA Cybersecurity Honors Program.

Requires: (1) the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a report containing guidelines or legislative recommendations to improve the capabilities of intelligence community and law enforcement agencies to protect U.S. cybersecurity; and (2) two biennial updates of such report.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5966 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5966

   To enhance the cybersecurity of the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2010

   Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Reyes) 
    introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Select 
 Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To enhance the cybersecurity of the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. NSA CYBERSECURITY HONORS PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Director of the National Security Agency 
may establish a pilot program to recruit highly-skilled persons that 
are pursing or have obtained a graduate degree in a field related to 
cybersecurity. Such pilot program shall be known as the ``NSA 
Cybersecurity Honors Program''.
    (b) Program.--A pilot program established under subsection (a) may 
provide prospective employees of the National Security Agency that are 
pursuing or have obtained a graduate degree in a field related to 
cybersecurity with recruitment, retention, and promotion incentives.
    (c) Termination.--A pilot program established under subsection (a) 
shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date on which 
such pilot program is established.
    (d) Reports.--Not later than one year after the date on which a 
pilot program is established under subsection (a), and annually 
thereafter until the date that is one year after the termination of 
such pilot program under subsection (c), the Director of the National 
Security Agency shall submit to Congress a report describing the 
implementation of such pilot program, including an assessment of the 
effectiveness of such pilot program and whether such pilot program 
should be permanently authorized.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON GUIDELINES AND LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE CYBERSECURITY 
              OF THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Initial.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of the National 
Security Agency, the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, and any 
other officials the Director of National Intelligence considers 
appropriate, shall submit to Congress a report containing guidelines or 
legislative recommendations, if appropriate, to improve the 
capabilities of the intelligence community and law enforcement agencies 
to protect the cybersecurity of the United States. Such report shall 
include guidelines or legislative recommendations on--
            (1) improving the ability of the intelligence community to 
        detect hostile actions and attribute attacks to specific 
        parties;
            (2) the need for data retention requirements to assist the 
        intelligence community and law enforcement agencies;
            (3) improving the ability of the intelligence community to 
        anticipate nontraditional targets of foreign intelligence 
        services; and
            (4) the adequacy of existing criminal statutes to 
        successfully deter cyber attacks, including statutes 
        criminalizing the facilitation of criminal acts, the scope of 
        laws for which a cyber crime constitutes a predicate offense, 
        trespassing statutes, data breach notification requirements, 
        and victim restitution statutes.
    (b) Subsequent.--Not later than one year after the date on which 
the initial report is submitted under subsection (a), and annually 
thereafter for two years, the Director of National Intelligence, in 
consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of the National 
Security Agency, the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, and any 
other officials the Director of National Intelligence considers 
appropriate, shall submit to Congress an update of the report required 
under subsection (a).
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