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6 U.S.C. § 661 — Cybersecurity Division

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6 U.S.C. § 661 — Cybersecurity Division

**(a) Establishment** (1) **In general** — There is established in the Agency a Cybersecurity Division. (2) **Executive Assistant Director** — The Cybersecurity Division shall be headed by an Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity (in this section referred to as “the Executive Assistant Director”), who shall— (A) be at the level of Assistant Secretary within the Department; (B) be appointed by the President without the advice and consent of the Senate; and (C) report to the Director. (3) **Reference** — Any reference to the Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications or Assistant Director for Cybersecurity in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity. **(b) Functions** The Executive Assistant Director shall— (1) direct the cybersecurity efforts of the Agency; (2) carry out activities, at the direction of the Director, related to the security of Federal information and Federal information systems consistent with law, including subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 44 and the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (contained in division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114–113)); (3) fully participate in the mechanisms required under [section 652(c)(7) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section652/c/7&num=0&edition=prelim); and (4) carry out such other duties and powers as prescribed by the Director.

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6 U.S.C. § 1501 — Definitions

In this subchapter: (1) **Agency** — The term “agency” has the meaning given the term in [section 3502 of title 44](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section3502&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Antitrust laws** — The term “antitrust laws”— (A) has the meaning given the term in [section 12 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section12&num=0&edition=prelim); (B) includes [section 45 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section45&num=0&edition=prelim) to the extent that [section 45 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section45&num=0&edition=prelim) applies to unfair methods of competition; and (C) includes any State antitrust law, but only to the extent that such law is consistent with the law referred to in subparagraph (A) or the law referred to in subparagraph (B). (3) **Appropriate Federal entities** — The term “appropriate Federal entities” means the following: (A) The Department of Commerce. (B) The Department of Defense. (C) The Department of Energy. (D) The Department of Homeland Security. (E) The Department of Justice. (F) The Department of the Treasury. (G) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence. (4) **Cybersecurity purpose** — The term “cybersecurity purpose” has the meaning given the term in [section 650 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section650&num=0&edition=prelim). (5) **Cybersecurity threat** — The term “cybersecurity threat” has the meaning given the term in [section 650 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section650&num=0&edition=prelim). (6) *

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6 U.S.C. § 182 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 147, Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 226, as added Pub. L. 113–277, § 3(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3005, which related to cybersecurity recruitment and retention, was renumbered section 2208 of Pub. L. 107–296 by Pub. L. 115–278, § 2(g)(2)(I), Nov. 16, 2018, 132 Stat. 4178, and transferred to [section 658 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section658&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 148, Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 227, formerly § 226, as added Pub. L. 113–282, § 3(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3066; renumbered § 227 and amended Pub. L. 114–113, div. N, title II, §§ 203, 223(a)(3), Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2957, 2963; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title XVIII, § 1841(b), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2663, which related to national cybersecurity and communications integration center, was renumbered section 2209 of Pub. L. 107–296 by Pub. L. 115–278, § 2(g)(2)(I), Nov. 16, 2018, 132 Stat. 4178, and transferred to [section 659 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section659&num=0&edition=prelim). A prior section 227 of Pub. L. 107–296, as added by Pub. L. 113–282, § 7(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3070, was classified to [section 149 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section149&num=0&edition=prelim) prior to redesignation by Pub. L. 114–113 as section 228(c) of Pub. L. 107–296, and was classified to [section 149(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section149/c&num=0&edition=prelim) prior to further redesignation by Pub. L. 115–278 as section 2210(c) of Pub. L. 107–296, which is classified to [section 660(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/v

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6 U.S.C. § 661 — Cybersecurity strategy

Page 349 TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY § 661 torial governments to identify, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity risks, cybersecurity threats, incidents, and ransomware incidents; (F) set short-term and long-term goals that will improve the ability of State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments to iden- tify, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity risks, cybersecurity threats, incidents, and ransomware incidents; and (G) set dates, including interim bench- marks, as appropriate for State, local, Trib- al, and territorial governments to establish baseline capabilities to identify, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity risks, cybersecurity threats, incidents, and ransomware incidents. (3) Considerations In developing the strategy required under paragraph (1), the Director, in coordination with the heads of appropriate Federal agen- cies, State, local, Tribal, and territorial gov- ernments, and other stakeholders, as appro- priate, shall consider— (A) lessons learned from incidents that have affected State, local, Tribal, and terri- torial governments, and exercises with Fed- eral and non-Federal entities; (B) the impact of incidents that have af- fected State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, including the resulting costs to such governments; (C) the information related to the interest and ability of state and non-state threat ac- tors to compromise information systems owned or operated by State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments; and (D) emerging cybersecurity risks and cybersecurity threats to State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments resulting from the deployment of new technologies. (4) Exemption Chapter 35

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