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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2326 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a communications 

and outreach campaign to educate veterans about cyber risks, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 1, 2021 

Ms. MACE (for herself and Mr. BOST) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a 

communications and outreach campaign to educate veterans about cyber risks, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans’ Cyber Risk 

5 Awareness Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE VETERANS ABOUT CYBER 

7 RISKS. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 


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1 Veterans Affairs, through the Office of Public and Inter2 governmental Affairs (or successor office), shall conduct 

3 a communications and outreach campaign to educate vet4 erans about cyber risks. In carrying out such campaign, 

5 the Secretary shall— 

6 (1) coordinate with other entities (including 

7 Federal entities and social media companies) that 

8 educate the public about cyber risks; 

9 (2) promote and disseminate best practices and 

10 educational materials regarding— 

11 (A) cyber risks to veterans; 

12 (B) information about how a veteran may 

13 report cyber risks to the appropriate law en14 forcement agency or entity other than the De15 partment of Veterans Affairs; and 

16 (C) any other information the Secretary 

17 determines appropriate; and 

18 (3) establish and maintain a publicly accessible 

19 website of the Department— 

20 (A) regarding the campaign; and 

21 (B) that contains hyperlinks to websites of 

22 entities described in paragraph (2). 

23 (b) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 


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1 shall submit to Congress a report on progress of the Sec2 retary in preparing the campaign under this section. 

3 SEC. 3. STUDY ON CYBER RISKS TO VETERANS. 

4 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Veterans 

5 Affairs shall seek to enter into an agreement with a feder6 ally funded research and development corporation to per7 form a study— 

8 (1) that assesses— 

9 (A) the vulnerability of veterans to cyber 

10 risks; 

11 (B) the availability and efficacy of re12 sources (including Federal resources) to assist 

13 veterans in combatting cyber risks; and 

14 (C) the efficacy of the campaign under sec15 tion 1; and 

16 (2) to determine recommendations to the Sec17 retary on how to reduce cyber risks to veterans. 

18 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 shall submit to Congress a report containing the results 

21 of the study under this section. 


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1 SEC. 4. CYBER RISKS DEFINED. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘cyber risks’’ includes 

3 disinformation, identity theft, scams, and fraud, spread 

4 via the internet or social media. 

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