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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 872 
To require covered contractors implement a vulnerability disclosure policy 
consistent with NIST guidelines, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2025 
Ms. MACE (for herself and Ms. BROWN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To require covered contractors implement a vulnerability dis-
closure policy consistent with NIST guidelines, 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 ‘‘Federal Contractor 
Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL CONTRACTOR VULNERABILITY DISCLO-
SURE POLICY. 
(a) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
consultation with the Director of the Cybersecurity 
and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National 
Cyber Director, the Director of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology, and any other 
appropriate head of an Executive department, 
shall— 
(A) review the Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion contract requirements and language for 
contractor vulnerability disclosure programs; 
and 
(B) recommend updates to such require-
ments and language to the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation Council. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The recommendations re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall include updates to 
such requirements designed to ensure that covered 
contractors implement a vulnerability disclosure pol-
icy consistent with NIST guidelines for contractors 
as required under section 5 of the IoT Cybersecurity 
Improvement Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 278g–3c; Pub-
lic Law 116–207). 
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(b) PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date on which the recommended con-
tract language developed pursuant to subsection (a) is re-
ceived, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council shall 
review the recommended contract language and update the 
FAR as necessary to incorporate requirements for covered 
contractors to receive information about a potential secu-
rity vulnerability relating to an information system owned 
or controlled by a contractor, in performance of the con-
tract. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The update to the FAR pursuant 
to subsection (b) shall— 
(1) to the maximum extent practicable, align 
with the security vulnerability disclosure process and 
coordinated disclosure requirements relating to Fed-
eral information systems under sections 5 and 6 of 
the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 
(Public Law 116–207; 15 U.S.C. 278g–3c and 
278g–3d); and 
(2) to the maximum extent practicable, be 
aligned with industry best practices and Standards 
29147 and 30111 of the International Standards 
Organization (or any successor standard) or any 
other appropriate, relevant, and widely used stand-
ard. 
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(d) WAIVER.—The head of an agency may waive the 
security vulnerability disclosure policy requirement under 
subsection (b) if— 
(1) the agency Chief Information Officer deter-
mines that the waiver is necessary in the interest of 
national security or research purposes; and 
(2) if, not later than 30 days after granting a 
waiver, such head submits a notification and jus-
tification (including information about the duration 
of the waiver) to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(e) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE SUPPLEMENT
TO 
THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.— 
(1) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall review the Department of Defense 
Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
contract requirements and language for contractor 
vulnerability disclosure programs and develop up-
dates to such requirements designed to ensure that 
covered contractors implement a vulnerability disclo-
sure policy consistent with NIST guidelines for con-
tractors as required under section 5 of the IoT Cy-
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bersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 
278g–3c; Public Law 116–207). 
(2) REVISIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date on which the review required under sub-
section (a) is completed, the Secretary shall revise 
the DFARS as necessary to incorporate require-
ments for covered contractors to receive information 
about a potential security vulnerability relating to an 
information system owned or controlled by a con-
tractor, in performance of the contract. 
(3) ELEMENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the revision to the DFARS described in this 
subsection is carried out in accordance with the re-
quirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 
(c). 
(4) WAIVER.—The Chief Information Officer of 
the Department of Defense may waive the security 
vulnerability disclosure policy requirements under 
paragraph (2) if the Chief Information Officer— 
(A) determines that the waiver is necessary 
in the interest of national security or research 
purposes; and 
(B) not later than 30 days after granting 
a waiver, submits a notification and justifica-
tion (including information about the duration 
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of the waiver) to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 3502 of title 44, United States 
Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered contractor’’ means a 
contractor (as defined in section 7101 of title 41, 
United States Code)— 
(A) whose contract is in an amount the 
same as or greater than the simplified acquisi-
tion threshold; or 
(B) that uses, operates, manages, or main-
tains a Federal information system (as defined 
by section 11331 of title 40, United Stated 
Code) on behalf of an agency. 
(3) The term ‘‘DFARS’’ means the Department 
of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation. 
(4) The term ‘‘Executive department’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(5) The term ‘‘FAR’’ means the Federal Acqui-
sition Regulation. 
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(6) The term ‘‘NIST’’ means the National In-
stitute of Standards and Technology. 
(7) The term ‘‘OMB’’ means the Office of Man-
agement and Budget. 
(8) The term ‘‘security vulnerability’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2200 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 650). 
(9) The term ‘‘simplified acquisition threshold’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 134 of 
title 41, United States Code. 
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