Senate Bill 772
116th Congress(2019-2020)
SBA Cyber Awareness Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 13, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
772
Congress
116
Policy Area
Commerce
Commerce
Primary focus of measure is business investment, development, regulation; small business; consumer affairs; competition and restrictive trade practices; manufacturing, distribution, retail; marketing; intellectual property. Measures concerning international competitiveness and restrictions on imports and exports may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
SBA Cyber Awareness Act
This bill addresses the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Specifically, it requires the SBA to report annually to Congress on (1) an assessment of SBA's information technology (IT) and cybersecurity; (2) a strategy to increase such cybersecurity; (3) a detailed account of SBA's IT component or system manufactured by a company located in the People's Republic of China; and (4) any SBA cyber threat, breach, or cyber attack that occurred during two years before the report, including SBA's actions to respond to or remediate it.
04/01/2019
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 52.
04/01/2019
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Rubio with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
03/27/2019
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
03/13/2019
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
03/13/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
03/13/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 6:47:26 PM