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NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act

Introduced: March 29, 2017 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 26 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 14, 2018
Became Public Law No: 115-236.
Aug 14, 2018
Signed by President.
Aug 3, 2018
Presented to President.
Aug 2, 2018
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Aug 1, 2018
Senate agreed to the House amendments to S. 770 by Unanimous Consent. (text as Senate agree to the House amendment: CR S5561)
Aug 1, 2018
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to S. 770 by Unanimous Consent.(text as Senate agree to the House amendment: CR S5561)
Jul 26, 2018
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Jul 25, 2018
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Jul 25, 2018
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 25, 2018
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7201)
Jul 25, 2018
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7201)
Jul 25, 2018
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7201-7202)
Jul 25, 2018
Mr. Webster (FL) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
Apr 25, 2018
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-300.
Oct 2, 2017
Held at the desk.
Oct 2, 2017
Received in the House.
Sep 29, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 28, 2017
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6233)
Sep 28, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6233)
Sep 28, 2017
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Sep 28, 2017
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6232-6233)
Sep 11, 2017
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 217.
Sep 11, 2017
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-153.
Apr 5, 2017
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 29, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 29, 2017
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 2

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

2 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 951 Webster, Daniel An amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert a new text of a bill entitled the NIST Small … Agreed to Jul 25, 2018
SAMDT 977 Schatz, Brian To improve the bill. Agreed to Sep 28, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to consider small businesses when it facilitates and supports the development of voluntary, consensus-based, industry-led guidelines and procedures to cost-effectively reduce cyber risks to critical infrastructure.

NIST must disseminate, and publish on its website, standard and method resources that small business may use voluntarily to help identify, assess, manage, and reduce their cybersecurity risks. The resources must be: (1) technology-neutral, (2) based on international standards to the extent possible, (3) able to vary with the nature and size of the implementing small business and the sensitivity of the data collected or stored on the information systems, and (4) consistent with the national cybersecurity awareness and education program under the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014. Additionally, the resources must include case studies of practical application.

Other federal agencies may also elect to publish the resources on their own websites.

What's happening now August 14, 2018

Became Public Law No: 115-236.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2105 Related bill NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act
 Bill text 6 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 2
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · May 3, 2017
 D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Apr 5, 2017
 D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Apr 4, 2017
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Mar 29, 2017
 R
Risch, James E.
Idaho · Mar 29, 2017
 R
Thune, John
South Dakota · Mar 29, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 770: NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-770/
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