HR 5064 114th Congress House Commerce Business education Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Homeland security Small business

Improving Small Business Cyber Security Act of 2016

Introduced: April 26, 2016 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 22, 2016

Received in the Senate.

Sep 21, 2016

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Sep 21, 2016

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5776-5777)

Sep 21, 2016

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5776-5777)

Sep 21, 2016

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5064.

Sep 21, 2016

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5776-5779)

Sep 21, 2016

Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

Jul 1, 2016

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-654, Part I.

Jun 8, 2016

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Jun 8, 2016

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

May 10, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.

Apr 26, 2016

Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Apr 26, 2016

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Small Business Cyber Security Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to small business development centers (SBDCs) in furtherance of a Small Business Development Center Cyber Strategy to be developed by the SBA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issues a report that reviews federal cybersecurity resources aimed at assisting small businesses.

SBDCs shall have access to cybersecurity specialists to counsel their small business clients.

(Sec. 3) The Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the Small Business Act are amended to allow DHS and other federal agencies coordinating with DHS to leverage SBDCs to disseminate cybersecurity risk information and other homeland security information to help small businesses in developing cybersecurity infrastructure, threat awareness, and employee training programs.

(Sec. 5) The GAO's cyber resources report must include: (1) an accounting, description, and assessment of the utilization of federal programs that provide cybersecurity assistance to small businesses; and (2) an assessment of whether the resources are duplicative of other programs or accessible to small businesses.

The strategy must include:

plans for leveraging SBDCs into existing federal cyber programs to assist small businesses;
methods for the provision of counsel and assistance to improve small businesses' cyber security infrastructure, threat awareness, and training programs for employees, including agreements with Information Sharing and Analysis Centers to gain awareness of actionable threat information that may be beneficial to small businesses; and
an analysis of how SBDCs can leverage federal programs and develop partnerships with federal, state, and local governments and private entities to improve cyber support services to small businesses.

The SBA's and DHS's strategy must be developed in consultation with entities representing SBDC concerns and submitted to Congress.

What's happening now September 22, 2016

Received in the Senate.

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