To require the Secretary of State to design and establish a Vulnerability Disclosure Process (VDP) to improve Department of State cybersecurity and a bug bounty program to identify and report vulnerabilities of internet-facing information technology of the Department of State, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
116th Congress (2019–2021)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on January 22, 2019 but was never passed by the Senate.
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Legislative Update: Multiple Legislation Cosponsored by Bacon Passes VA Committee and the House of Representatives”
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Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE2]
on Oct 22, 2019
“Floor Remarks by Rep. Smith, the Prime Sponsor of H.R. 3289the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019”
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Rep. Christopher “Chris” Smith [R-NJ4]
on Oct 15, 2019
“THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS - January 25, 2019”
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Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP0]
on Jan 28, 2019
History
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Sep 25, 2018
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Earlier Version —
Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5433 (115th). |
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Jan 8, 2019
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Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
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Jan 22, 2019
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. |
H.R. 328 (116th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 328. This is the one from the 116th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 116th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 3, 2021. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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