US Congress House Bill 5064 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on September 22 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-09-22 - Received in the Senate.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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.

Improving Small Business Cyber Security Act of 2016

Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]	Rep. Barry Loudermilk [R-GA]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]
Rep. John Carney [D-DE]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]
Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]	Rep. Amata Radewagen [R-AS]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-22	Senate	Received in the Senate.
2016-09-21	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2016-09-21	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5776-5777)
2016-09-21	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5064.
2016-09-21	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5776-5779)
2016-09-21	House	Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2016-07-01	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-654, Part I.
2016-06-08	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2016-06-08	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2016-05-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
2016-04-26	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2016-04-26	House	Referred to House Small Business
2016-04-26	House	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.
2016-04-26	House	Introduced in House

SB3024 (Related) 2016-12-20 - By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-423.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5064/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5064/BILLS-114hr5064ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5064/BILLS-114hr5064eh.pdf