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Union Calendar No. 81 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1649 

[Report No. 116–112] 

To amend the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for small 

business development center counselors, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2019 

Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. EVANS, and Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

JUNE 13, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BALDERSON, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. STAUBER, and 

Mrs. CRAIG

JUNE 13, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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To amend the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for small business development center counselors, 

and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Small Business Devel5 opment Center Cyber Training Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DUTIES OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CEN7 TER COUNSELORS. 

8 Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(o) CYBER STRATEGY TRAINING FOR SMALL BUSI11 NESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

13 ‘‘(A) the term ‘cyber strategy’ means re14 sources and tactics to assist in planning for cy15 bersecurity and defending against cyber risks 

16 and cyber attacks; and 

17 ‘‘(B) the term ‘lead small business develop18 ment center’ means a small business develop19 ment center that has received a grant from the 

20 Administration. 

21 ‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.—The Adminis22 trator shall establish a cyber counseling certification 

23 program, or approve a similar existing program, to 

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1 ment centers to provide cyber planning assistance to 

2 small business concerns. 

3 ‘‘(3) NUMBER OF CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES.— 

4 The Administrator shall ensure that the number of 

5 employees of each lead small business development 

6 center who are certified in providing cyber planning 

7 assistance under this subsection is not fewer than 

8 the lesser of— 

9 ‘‘(A) 5; or 

10 ‘‘(B) 10 percent of the total number of em11 ployees of the lead small business development 

12 center. 

13 ‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESS DE14 VELOPMENT CENTER CYBER STRATEGY.—In car15 rying out this subsection, the Administrator, to the 

16 extent practicable, shall consider any cyber strategy 

17 methods included in the Small Business Develop18 ment Center Cyber Strategy developed under section 

19 1841(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

20 for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 

21 Stat. 2662). 

22 ‘‘(5) REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTIFICATION.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the avail24 ability of appropriations and subparagraph (B), 

25 the Administrator shall reimburse a lead small 


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1 business development center for costs relating 

2 to the certification of an employee of the lead 

3 small business development center under the 

4 program established under paragraph (2). 

5 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The total amount re6 imbursed by the Administrator under subpara7 graph (A) may not exceed $350,000 in any fis8 cal year.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 81 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1649 

[Report No. 116–112] 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to require cyber 

ter counselors, and for other purposes. certification for small business development cenJUNE 13, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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