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Calendar No. 277 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1868 

[Report No. 114–157] 

To extend by 15 years the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to conduct 

the quarterly financial report program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 27, 2015 

Mr. CARPER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

OCTOBER 22, 2015 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, with an amendment 

[Insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To extend by 15 years the authority of the Secretary of 

Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program. 

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 ‘‘Quarterly Financial 

5 Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FIFTEEN-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR 

2 SECRETARY OF COMMERCE TO CONDUCT 

3 THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT PRO4 GRAMS. 

5 Section 4(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to amend 

6 title 13, United States Code, to transfer responsibility for 

7 the quarterly financial report from the Federal Trade 

8 Commission to the Secretary of Commerce, and for other 

9 purposes’’, approved January 12, 1983 (13 U.S.C. 91 

10 note), is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘2030’’. 

12 SEC. 3. REPORT ON DATA SECURITY PROCEDURES OF THE 

13 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS. 

14 (a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Commerce shall con15 duct a review of the data security procedures of the Bureau 

16 of the Census, including such procedures that have been im17 plemented since that data breach of systems of the Office 

18 of Personnel Management that occurred during fiscal year 

19 2015. 

20 (b) REPORT.— 

21 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec23 retary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 

24 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 

25 the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 


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1 of the House of Representatives a report on the review 

2 required by subsection (a). 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para4 graph (1) shall— 

5 (A) identify all information systems of the 

6 Bureau of the Census that contain sensitive in7 formation; 

8 (B) described any actions carried out by the 

9 Secretary of Commerce or the Director of the Bu10 reau of the Census to secure sensitive informa11 tion that have been implemented since that data 

12 breach of systems of the Office of Personnel Man13 agement that occurred during fiscal year 2015; 

14 (C) identify any known data breaches of in15 formation systems of the Bureau of the Census 

16 that contain sensitive information; and 

17 (D) identify whether the Bureau of the Cen18 sus stores any information that, if combined 

19 with other such information, would comprise 

20 classified information. 


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Calendar No. 277 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1868 

[Report No. 114–157] 

A BILL 

To extend by 15 years the authority of the Secnancial report program. retary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly fiOCTOBER 22, 2015 

Reported with an amendment 


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