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Calendar No. 281
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3462
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 3, 2021
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
February 17, 2022
Reported by Mr. Cardin, without amendment
AN ACT
To require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the SBA Cyber Awareness Act
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Cybersecurity awareness reporting
Section 10 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 639) is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
Cybersecurity reports
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—
an assessment of the information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code) and cybersecurity infrastructure of the Administration;
a strategy to increase the cybersecurity infrastructure of the Administration;
a detailed account of any information technology equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment of the Administration that was manufactured by an entity that has its principal place of business located in the People’s Republic of China; and
an account of any cybersecurity risk or incident that occurred at the Administration during the 2-year period preceding the date on which the report is submitted, and any action taken by the Administrator to respond to or remediate any such cybersecurity risk or incident.
Additional reports
If the Administrator determines that there is a reasonable basis to conclude that a cybersecurity risk or incident occurred at the Administration, the Administrator shall—
not later than 7 days after the date on which the Administrator makes that determination, notify the appropriate congressional committees of the cybersecurity risk or incident; and
not later than 30 days after the date on which the Administrator makes a determination under subparagraph (A)—
provide notice to individuals and small business concerns affected by the cybersecurity risk or incident; and
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report, based on information available to the Administrator as of the date which the Administrator submits the report, that includes—
a summary of information about the cybersecurity risk or incident, including how the cybersecurity risk or incident occurred; and
an estimate of the number of individuals and small business concerns affected by the cybersecurity risk or incident, including an assessment of the risk of harm to affected individuals and small business concerns.
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, or any other provision of law.
Definitions
In this subsection:
Appropriate congressional committees
The term appropriate congressional committees means—
the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and
the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives.
Cybersecurity risk; incident
The terms cybersecurity risk and incident have the meanings given such terms, respectively, under section 2209(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
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February 17, 2022
Reported without amendment
