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H.R. 4773 115th Congress House

ANTI Viruses Act

Official title: To require the Administrator for General Services to obtain an antivirus product to make available to Federal agencies in order to provide the product to indiv… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Administrator for General Services to obtain an antivirus product to make available to Federal agencies in order to provide the product to individuals whose personally identifiable information may have been compromised.

Introduced: January 11, 2018 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Computer security and identity theftComputers and information technologyGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementLicensing and registrationsPublic contracts and procurement
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jan 11, 2018
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 Latest action January 11, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

A Necessary and Targeted Impediment to Viruses Act or the ANTI Viruses Act

This bill directs: (1) the General Services Administration to procure an antivirus product suitable for federal agencies to provide to individuals whose personally identifiable information may have been compromised, and (2) a federal agency that experiences a compromise in its computer systems resulting in the loss of personally identifiable information to provide to any individual directly affected a one-year license of such product.

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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 11, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4773: ANTI Viruses Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4773/
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"H.R. 4773: ANTI Viruses Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4773/.
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H.R. 4773, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4773/.
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