To enhance stakeholder outreach to and operational engagement with owners and operators of critical infrastructure and other relevant stakeholders by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to bolster security against acts of terrorism and other homeland security threats, including by maintaining a clearinghouse of security guidance, best practices, and other voluntary content developed by the Agency or aggregated from trusted sources, and for other purposes.
Safe Communities Act of 2020
This bill requires the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to increase outreach and engagement with owners and operators of critical infrastructure.
Specifically, the bill directs CISA to maintain a clearinghouse where owners and operators of critical infrastructure and other stakeholders may access security guidance, best practices, and other voluntary content developed by CISA. CISA must also issue a strategy to foster stakeholder outreach and operational engagement and establish a pilot program whereby law enforcement agencies and government officials may be trained by protective security advisors on carrying out vulnerability and risk assessments of facilities.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-476.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-476.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 382.
Ms. Underwood moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5078-5080)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5780.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5078-5079)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.