US HB2481 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on May 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

PATCH Act of 2017 Protecting Our Ability to Counter Hacking Act of 2017 This bill establishes the Vulnerability Equities Review Board to establish and make available to the public policies on matters relating to whether, when, how, to whom, and to what degree information about a vulnerability in a technology, product, system, service, or application that is not publicly known should be shared or released by the government to a non-federal entity. The board must submit to Congress and the President a draft of such policies, along with a description of challenges or impediments requiring legislative or administrative action. Each federal agency shall, upon obtaining information about such a vulnerability, subject such information to a process established by the board for sharing or releasing the information. Process considerations shall include: which technologies, products, systems, services, or applications are subject to the vulnerability; the potential risks of leaving the vulnerability unpatched or unmitigated;

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Title

PATCH Act of 2017 Protecting Our Ability to Counter Hacking Act of 2017

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-05-17HouseReferred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
2017-05-17HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB1157 (Related) 2017-05-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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