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House Bill 4915
118th Congress(2023-2024)
The Project Spectrum Authorization Act
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H. R. 4915 (Introduced-in-House)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4915


To amend title 10, United States Code, to codify the program of the Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense known as Project Spectrum, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 26, 2023

Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Ms. Ross, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Ms. Escobar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to codify the program of the Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense known as Project Spectrum, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “The Project Spectrum Authorization Act”.

SEC. 2. Project Spectrum.

Chapter 19 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before section 399 the following new section:

Ҥ 398b. Project Spectrum

“(a) Project Spectrum; purpose.—There is within the Office of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense a program known as ‘Project Spectrum’, the purpose of which is to provide to covered entities, through an online platform, digital resources and services that increase awareness about cybersecurity risks and help such covered entities to comply with the cybersecurity requirements of the defense acquisition system.

“(b) Eligibility.—The Director of the Office of Small Business Programs may establish eligibility requirements for the receipt by a covered entity of a given resource or service made available through Project Spectrum.

“(c) Application.—To receive through Project Spectrum a resource or service for which the Director has established an eligibility requirement under subsection (b), a covered entity shall submit to the Director an application at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Director determines appropriate.

“(d) Functions.—In carrying out Project Spectrum, the Director shall maintain an online platform through which the Director shall make available to each covered entity that the Director determines to be eligible under subsection (b) with respect to a given resource or service, the following:

“(1) Educational materials regarding cybersecurity, including cybersecurity training courses and workforce development training.

“(2) Guidance regarding best practices for cybersecurity matters, including guidance for developing internal cybersecurity policies and suggestions for procedures for reviewing any violation of such policies.

“(3) Assessments of the cybersecurity practices and cybersecurity systems used by a covered entity.

“(4) A review and feasibility assessment of products, software, and data security tools available in the commercial marketplace.

“(5) Cybersecurity services, including dashboard monitoring services, continuous threat monitoring services, software patching services, and patch testing services.

“(6) Cybersecurity readiness checks.

“(7) A platform for secure data collaboration between two or more employees of a covered entity and between multiple covered entities.

“(8) Any additional resources or services, as determined by the Director.

“(e) Definitions.—In this section:

“(1) The term ‘covered entity’ means a supplier of the Department of Defense that is a small or medium business and registers to access the online platform of Project Spectrum.

“(2) The term ‘defense acquisition system’ has the meaning given to such term in section 3001 of this title.”.