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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4598 

To provide for assistance for small manufacturers in the defense industrial 

supply chain on matters relating to cybersecurity. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 

Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To provide for assistance for small manufacturers in the 

defense industrial supply chain on matters relating to 

cybersecurity. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL MANUFACTURERS IN 

4 THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CHAIN 

5 ON MATTERS RELATING TO CYBERSECURITY. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap7 propriations, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

8 with the Director of the National Institute of Standards 

9 and Technology, may award financial assistance to a CenVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:30 Sep 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4598.IS S4598

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1 ter for the purpose of providing cybersecurity services to 

2 small manufacturers. 

3 (b) CRITERIA.—The Secretary, in consultation with 

4 the Director, shall establish and publish on the grants.gov 

5 website, or successor website, criteria for selecting recipi6 ents for financial assistance under this section. 

7 (c) USE OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Financial as8 sistance under this section— 

9 (1) shall be used by a Center to provide small 

10 manufacturers with cybersecurity services relating 

11 to— 

12 (A) compliance with the cybersecurity re13 quirements of the Department of Defense Sup14 plement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, 

15 including awareness, assessment, evaluation, 

16 preparation, and implementation of cybersecu17 rity services; and 

18 (B) achieving compliance with the Cyberse19 curity Maturity Model Certification framework 

20 of the Department of Defense; and 

21 (2) may be used by a Center to employ trained 

22 personnel to deliver cybersecurity services to small 

23 manufacturers. 

24 (d) BIENNIAL REPORTS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 

2 once every two years, the Secretary shall submit to 

3 the congressional defense committees, the Committee 

4 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

5 Senate, and the Committee on Science, Space, and 

6 Technology of the House of Representatives a bien7 nial report on financial assistance awarded under 

8 this section. 

9 (2) CONTENTS.—To the extent practicable, 

10 each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall in11 clude the following with respect to the years covered 

12 by the report: 

13 (A) The number of small manufacturing 

14 companies assisted. 

15 (B) A description of the cybersecurity serv16 ices provided. 

17 (C) A description of the cybersecurity mat18 ters addressed. 

19 (D) An analysis of the operational effec20 tiveness and cost-effectiveness of the 

21 cybersecurity services provided. 

22 (e) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary 

23 to award financial assistance under this section shall ter24 minate on the date that is five years after the date of the 

25 enactment of this Act. 


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1 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) The term ‘‘Center’’ has the meaning given 

3 such term in section 25(a) of the National Institute 

4 of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 

5 278k(a)). 

6 (2) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit7 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

8 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 

9 (3) The term ‘‘small manufacturer’’ has the 

10 meaning given that term in section 1644(g) of the 

11 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 

12 for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 

13 U.S.C. 2224 note). 

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