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House Bill 4691
117th Congress(2021-2022)
K–12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jul 26, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jul 26, 2021
Latest Action
Sep 14, 2021
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
4691
Congress
117
Policy Area
Education
Education
Primary focus of measure is elementary, secondary, or higher education including special education and matters of academic performance, school administration, teaching, educational costs, and student aid.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Jim Langevin
Rhode Island
Democrat
Doris Matsui
California
Republican
Andrew Clyde
Georgia
Democrat
Elissa Slotkin
Michigan
Republican
Andrew Garbarino
New York
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

K-12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021

This bill requires the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to study the cybersecurity risks facing elementary and secondary schools and develop recommendations that include cybersecurity guidelines designed to assist schools in facing those risks. The use of such recommendations shall be voluntary.

The study must evaluate the challenges that schools face in securing (1) information systems owned, leased, or relied upon by those schools; and (2) sensitive student and employee records.

Further, the bill requires CISA to (1) develop an online training toolkit designed for school officials; and (2) make available on the Department of Homeland Security website the study's findings, the cybersecurity guidelines, and the toolkit.

Text (2)
Reported in House
September 14, 2021
Introduced in House
July 26, 2021
Related Bills (1)
Oct 08, 2021
Became Public Law 117-47
4
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 1917
K-12 Cybersecurity Act of 2021
Became Law
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
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CRS
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
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Identified By
House
Actions (8)
09/14/2021
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 87.
09/14/2021
Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 117-122.
07/28/2021
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
07/28/2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
07/28/2021
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation Discharged.
07/27/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
07/26/2021
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
07/26/2021
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
May 11, 2023 3:45:15 PM
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