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Union Calendar No. 98 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3462 

[Report No. 117–138] 

To require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business 

Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2021 

Mr. CROW (for himself and Mrs. KIM of California) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

OCTOBER 12, 2021 

Reported from the Committee on Small Business; committed to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the 

Small Business Administration, 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 ‘‘SBA Cyber Awareness 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS REPORTING. 

7 Section 10 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 639) 

8 is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following: 

9 ‘‘(b) CYBERSECURITY REPORTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 

11 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 

12 and every year thereafter, the Administrator shall 

13 submit a report to the appropriate congressional 

14 committees that includes— 

15 ‘‘(A) an assessment of the information 

16 technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 

17 40, United States Code) and cybersecurity in18 frastructure of the Administration; 

19 ‘‘(B) a strategy to increase the cybersecu20 rity infrastructure of the Administration; 

21 ‘‘(C) a detailed account of any information 

22 technology equipment or interconnected system 

23 or subsystem of equipment of the Administra24 tion that was manufactured by an entity that 


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1 has its principal place of business located in the 

2 People’s Republic of China; and 

3 ‘‘(D) an account of any cybersecurity risk 

4 or incident that occurred at the Administration 

5 during the 2-year period preceding the date on 

6 which the report is submitted, and any action 

7 taken by the Administrator to respond to or re8 mediate any such cybersecurity risk or incident. 

9 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—If the Adminis10 trator determines that there is a reasonable basis to 

11 conclude that a cybersecurity risk or incident oc12 curred at the Administration, the Administrator 

13 shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) not later than 7 days after the date 

15 on which the Administrator makes that deter16 mination, notify the appropriate congressional 

17 committees of the cybersecurity risk or incident; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) not later than 30 days after the date 

20 on which the Administrator makes a determina21 tion under subparagraph (A)— 

22 ‘‘(i) provide notice to individuals and 

23 small business concerns affected by the cy24 bersecurity risk or incident; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) submit to the appropriate con2 gressional committees a report, based on 

3 information available to the Administrator 

4 as of the date which the Administrator 

5 submits the report, that includes— 

6 ‘‘(I) a summary of information 

7 about the cybersecurity risk or inci8 dent, including how the cybersecurity 

9 risk or incident occurred; and 

10 ‘‘(II) an estimate of the number 

11 of individuals and small business con12 cerns affected by the cybersecurity 

13 risk or incident, including an assess14 ment of the risk of harm to affected 

15 individuals and small business con16 cerns. 

17 ‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

18 this subsection shall be construed to affect the re19 porting requirements of the Administrator under 

20 chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, in par21 ticular the requirement to notify the Federal infor22 mation security incident center under section 

23 3554(b)(7)(C)(ii) of such title, or any other provi24 sion of law. 

25 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(A) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM2 MITTEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional 

3 committees’ means— 

4 ‘‘(i) the Committee on Small Business 

5 and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Small Busi7 ness of the House of Representatives. 

8 ‘‘(B) CYBERSECURITY RISK; INCIDENT.— 

9 The terms ‘cybersecurity risk’ and ‘incident’ 

10 have the meanings given such terms, respec11 tively, under section 2209(a) of the Homeland 

12 Security Act of 2002.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 98 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3462 

[Report No. 117–138] 

A BILL 

To require an annual report on the cybersecurity of 

purposes. the Small Business Administration, and for other 

OCTOBER 12, 2021 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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