SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SBA Cyber Awareness 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS REPORTING. 
Section 10 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 639) 
is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following: 
‘‘(b) CYBERSECURITY REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
and every year thereafter, the Administrator shall 
submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees that includes— 
‘‘(A) an assessment of the information 
technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 
40, United States Code) and cybersecurity in-
frastructure of the Administration; 
‘‘(B) a strategy to increase the cybersecu-
rity infrastructure of the Administration; 
‘‘(C) a detailed account of any information 
technology equipment or interconnected system 
or subsystem of equipment of the Administra-
tion that was manufactured by an entity that 
has its principal place of business located in the 
People’s Republic of China; and 
‘‘(D) an account of any cybersecurity risk 
or incident that occurred at the Administration
during the 2-year period preceding the date on 
which the report is submitted, and any action 
taken by the Administrator to respond to or re-
mediate any such cybersecurity risk or incident. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—If the Adminis-
trator determines that there is a reasonable basis to 
conclude that a cybersecurity risk or incident oc-
curred at the Administration, the Administrator 
shall— 
‘‘(A) not later than 7 days after the date 
on which the Administrator makes that deter-
mination, notify the appropriate congressional 
committees of the cybersecurity risk or incident; 
and 
‘‘(B) not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the Administrator makes a determina-
tion under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) provide notice to individuals and 
small business concerns affected by the cy-
bersecurity risk or incident; and 
‘‘(ii) submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report, based on 
information available to the Administrator 
as of the date which the Administrator 
submits the report, that includes—
‘‘(I) a summary of information 
about the cybersecurity risk or inci-
dent, including how the cybersecurity 
risk or incident occurred; and 
‘‘(II) an estimate of the number 
of individuals and small business con-
cerns affected by the cybersecurity 
risk or incident, including an assess-
ment of the risk of harm to affected 
individuals and small business con-
cerns. 
‘‘(3) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to affect the re-
porting requirements of the Administrator under 
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, in par-
ticular the requirement to notify the Federal infor-
mation security incident center under section 
3554(b)(7)(C)(ii) of such title, or any other provi-
sion of law. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM-
MITTEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional 
committees’ means— 
‘‘(i) the Committee on Small Business 
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Small Busi-
ness of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(B) CYBERSECURITY RISK; INCIDENT.— 
The terms ‘cybersecurity risk’ and ‘incident’ 
have the meanings given such terms, respec-
tively, under section 2209(a) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 2, 
2021. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3462 
AN ACT 
To require an annual report on the cybersecurity of 
the Small Business Administration, and for other 
purposes.