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Union Calendar No. 475 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4921 
[Report No. 115–622] 
To require the Surface Board of Transportation to implement certain rec-
ommendations of the Inspector General of the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2018 
Mr. MITCHELL (for himself and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure 
APRIL 5, 2018 
Additional sponsor: Mr. FASO 
APRIL 5, 2018 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 5, 2018] 
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A BILL 
To require the Surface Board of Transportation to imple-
ment certain recommendations of the Inspector General 
of the Department of Transportation. 
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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 ‘‘STB Information Secu-
rity Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Surface Transportation Board 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘STB’’) shall develop a 
timeline and plan to implement the recommendations of the 
Inspector General of the Department of Transportation in 
Report No. FI2018002, including improvements— 
(1) to identify controls, including risk manage-
ment, weakness remediation, and security authoriza-
tion; 
(2) to protect controls, including configuration 
management, user identity and access management, 
and security training; 
(3) to detect controls, including continuous mon-
itoring; 
(4) to respond controls, including incident han-
dling and reporting; 
(5) to recover controls for contingency planning; 
and 
(6) any additional tools that will improve the 
implementation of the recommendations. 
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the STB shall sub-
mit the plan and timeline developed under subsection 
(a) to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce of the Senate. 
(2) REPORT.—The STB shall report annually to 
such Committees on the progress on implementation 
of the recommendations until the implementation is 
complete. 
(3) PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION.—The STB shall 
designate an individual to implement the plan devel-
oped under subsection (a). 
SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 
requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be carried 
out using amounts otherwise authorized. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to require the 
Surface Transportation Board to implement certain rec-
ommendations of the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Transportation.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 475 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4921 
[Report No. 115–622] 
A BILL 
To require the Surface Board of Transportation to 
implement certain recommendations of the In-
spector General of the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
APRIL 5, 2018 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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