I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 490, S. 1353. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1353) to provide for an ongoing, voluntary public-private partnership to improve cybersecurity, and to strengthen cybersecurity research and development, workforce development and education, and public awareness and preparedness, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: S. 1353 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Cybersecurity Act of 2013''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. No regulatory authority. TITLE I--PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION ON CYBERSECURITY Sec. 101. Public-private collaboration on cybersecurity. TITLE II--CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Sec. 201. Federal cybersecurity research and development. Sec. 202. Computer and network security research centers. TITLE III--EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Sec. 301. Cybersecurity competitions and challenges. Sec. 302. Federal cyber scholarship-for-service program. Sec. 303.…
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