1. Short title This Act may be cited as the NIST COVID–19 Cybersecurity Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Director The term Director means the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2) Institution of higher education The term institution of higher education has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 ). (3) Resources The term resources means guidelines, tools, best practices, standards, methodologies, and other ways of providing information. (4) Research institution The term research institution — (A) means a nonprofit institution (as defined in section 4(5) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3703(5) )); and (B) includes federally funded research and development centers, as identified by the National Science Foundation in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued in accordance with section 1303(a)(1) of title 41 (or any successor regulation). 3. Improving cybersecurity of institutions of higher education Section 2(e)(1)(A) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 272(e)(1)(A) ) is amended— (1) in clause (viii), by striking and after the semicolon; (2) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause (x); and (3) by inserting after clause (viii) the following: (ix) consider institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 ))