Senate Bill 5008
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Federal System Incident Response Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Dec 10, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
5008
Congress
116
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Federal System Incident Response Act of 2020
This bill requires federal agencies to notify impacted individuals following major or significant cybersecurity incidents, or incidents determined to have involved sensitive personal information.
Each agency must make available information relating to an incident to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of Defense, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to help mitigate future incidents.
CISA shall perform continuous monitoring of incidents of federal information systems and produce an annual report. OMB shall develop guidance on what constitutes a major incident.
Each agency must develop training on how to identify and respond to an incident.
December 10, 2020
12/10/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
12/10/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:43:48 PM