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H.R. 3462 (117th): SBA Cyber Awareness Act

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The text of the bill below is as of Sep 28, 2022 (Passed the Senate with an Amendment).

117th CONGRESS

2d Session

H.R. 3462

In the Senate of the United States,

September 28, 2022.

Amendment:

That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 3462) entitled An Act to require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes., do pass with the following

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the SBA Cyber Awareness Act.

2.

Cybersecurity awareness reporting

(a)

In general

Section 10 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 639) is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following:

(b)

Cybersecurity reports

(1)

Annual report

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, and every year thereafter, the Administrator shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes—

(A)

a strategy to increase the cybersecurity of information technology infrastructure of the Administration;

(B)

a supply chain risk management strategy and an implementation plan to address the risks of foreign manufactured information technology equipment utilized by the Administration, including specific risk mitigation activities for components originating from entities with principal places of business located in the People’s Republic of China; and

(C)

an account of—

(i)

any incident that occurred at the Administration during the 2-year period preceding the date on which the first report is submitted, and, for subsequent reports, the 1-year period preceding the date of submission; and

(ii)

any action taken by the Administrator to respond to or remediate any such incident.

(2)

FISMA reports

Each report required under paragraph (1) may be submitted as part of the report required under section 3554 of title 44, United States Code.

(3)

Rule of construction

Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to affect the reporting requirements of the Administrator under chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, in particular the requirement to notify the Federal information security incident center under section 3554(b)(7)(C)(ii) of such title, any guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget, or any other provision of law or Federal policy.

(4)

Definitions

In this subsection:

(A)

Appropriate congressional committees

The term appropriate congressional committees means—

(i)

the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate;

(ii)

the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

(iii)

the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives; and

(iv)

the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives.

(B)

Incident

The term incident has the meaning given the term in section 3552 of title 44, United States Code.

(C)

Information technology

The term information technology has the meaning given the term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.

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(b)

Report

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall, to the greatest extent practicable, provide to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives a detailed account of information technology (as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code) of the Small Business Administration that was manufactured by an entity that has its principal place of business located in the People’s Republic of China.

Secretary