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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6812 

To authorize appropriations for the Cybersecurity Assistance Pilot Program 

of the Small Business Administration for fiscal years 2023 through 

2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 22, 2022 

Mr. JOYCE of Ohio (for himself, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, and Mr. 

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

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for the Cybersecurity Assistance 

Pilot Program of the Small Business Administration for 

fiscal years 2023 through 2025, 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 ‘‘Small Business Cyber5 security Assistance Pilot Program Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE PILOT PROGRAM AU7 THORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro9 priated to the Small Business Administration $3,000,000 


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1 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 to make grants 

2 to States under the Cybersecurity Assistance Pilot Pro3 gram established pursuant to title V of the Financial Serv4 ices and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021 

5 (Public Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 1406). 

6 (b) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall, in co7 ordination with the Director of the Cybersecurity and In8 frastructure Security Agency, provide to recipients of 

9 grants under the Cybersecurity Assistance Pilot Program 

10 guidance on using such grants to provide businesses with, 

11 or to enable businesses to attain, the greatest degree of 

12 cybersecurity practicable, including information on cyber13 security best practices. 

14 (c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

15 the end of each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025, the 

16 Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall 

17 submit to Congress a report on the Cybersecurity Assist18 ance Pilot Program, including— 

19 (1) a list of States that have received a grant 

20 under the pilot program; 

21 (2) whether each such State has submitted a 

22 cybersecurity plan under section 2220A of the 

23 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 665g); 

24 (3) descriptions of how each such State used 

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1 vided directly to individual businesses or used to 

2 carry out a program of the State providing cyberse3 curity assistance to small business concerns (as such 

4 term is defined under section 3 of the Small Busi5 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 632)); 

6 (4) descriptions of the most pressing cybersecu7 rity needs of small business concerns; and 

8 (5) a description of how the Administrator is 

9 using the Small Business Development Center Cyber 

10 Strategy developed under section 1841(a) of the Fis11 cal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act 

12 to improve the cybersecurity assistance provided to 

13 small business concerns under the pilot program. 

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