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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4915 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to codify the program of the Office 
of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense known as 
Project Spectrum, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2023 
Mr. JOYCE of Ohio (for himself, Ms. ROSS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Ms. 
ESCOBAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to codify the pro-
gram of the Office of Small Business Programs of the 
Department of Defense known as Project Spectrum, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘The Project Spectrum 
Authorization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROJECT SPECTRUM. 
Chapter 19 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting before section 399 the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘§ 398b. Project Spectrum 
‘‘(a) PROJECT SPECTRUM; PURPOSE.—There is with-
in the Office of Small Business Programs of the Depart-
ment of Defense a program known as ‘Project Spectrum’, 
the purpose of which is to provide to covered entities, 
through an online platform, digital resources and services 
that increase awareness about cybersecurity risks and help 
such covered entities to comply with the cybersecurity re-
quirements of the defense acquisition system. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Director of the Office of 
Small Business Programs may establish eligibility require-
ments for the receipt by a covered entity of a given re-
source or service made available through Project Spec-
trum. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—To receive through Project 
Spectrum a resource or service for which the Director has 
established an eligibility requirement under subsection (b), 
a covered entity shall submit to the Director an applica-
tion at such time, in such form, and containing such infor-
mation as the Director determines appropriate. 
‘‘(d) FUNCTIONS.—In carrying out Project Spec-
trum, the Director shall maintain an online platform 
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through which the Director shall make available to each 
covered entity that the Director determines to be eligible 
under subsection (b) with respect to a given resource or 
service, the following: 
‘‘(1) Educational materials regarding cybersecu-
rity, including cybersecurity training courses and 
workforce development training. 
‘‘(2) Guidance regarding best practices for cy-
bersecurity matters, including guidance for devel-
oping internal cybersecurity policies and suggestions 
for procedures for reviewing any violation of such 
policies. 
‘‘(3) Assessments of the cybersecurity practices 
and cybersecurity systems used by a covered entity. 
‘‘(4) A review and feasibility assessment of 
products, software, and data security tools available 
in the commercial marketplace. 
‘‘(5) Cybersecurity services, including dash-
board monitoring services, continuous threat moni-
toring services, software patching services, and patch 
testing services. 
‘‘(6) Cybersecurity readiness checks. 
‘‘(7) A platform for secure data collaboration 
between two or more employees of a covered entity 
and between multiple covered entities. 
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‘‘(8) Any additional resources or services, as de-
termined by the Director. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered entity’ means a supplier 
of the Department of Defense that is a small or me-
dium business and registers to access the online 
platform of Project Spectrum. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘defense acquisition system’ has 
the meaning given to such term in section 3001 of 
this title.’’. 
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