CISA Director Reform Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5679 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to limit to five years the term of the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 27, 2020 Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. RICHMOND, and Mr. LANGEVIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Secu- rity, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Energy and Commerce, 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 A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to limit to five years the term of the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘CISA Director Reform 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:14 Jan 28, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5679.IH H5679 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5679 IH SEC. 2. CISA DIRECTOR TERM LIMITATION. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 2202(b) 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 652(b)) 3 is amended by inserting at the end the following new sen- 4 tence: ‘‘Each Director shall serve for a term of five 5 years.’’. 6 (b) TRANSITION RULES.—The amendment made by 7 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact- 8 ment of this Act and apply beginning— 9 (1) with the confirmation of the new Director 10 of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection 11 Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, or 12 (2) on January 1, 2021, 13 whichever comes first. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:14 Jan 28, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5679.IH H5679 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS