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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6204 
To establish the Small Business Information Security Task Force. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 
Mr. AKIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Small Business 
A BILL 
To establish the Small Business Information Security Task 
Force. 
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 ‘‘Small Business Infor-
mation Security Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. INFORMATION SECURITY TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration shall establish a task force, 
to be known as the Small Business Information Security 
Task Force, to address the information technology secu-
rity needs of small businesses. 
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(b) DUTIES.—The task force shall— 
(1) identify— 
(A) the information technology security 
needs of small businesses; and 
(B) the programs and services of the Ad-
ministration, and of the Federal Government as 
a whole, that serve those needs; 
(2) assess the extent to which those programs 
and services serve those needs; 
(3) make recommendations to the Adminis-
trator on how to more effectively serve those needs; 
(4) promote those programs and services; and 
(5) inform and educate with respect to those 
needs and those programs and services. 
(c) INTERNET PORTAL RECOMMENDATIONS.—The 
task force shall make recommendations to the Adminis-
trator on the establishment of an internet portal to be 
used by the Administration to receive and dispense infor-
mation and resources with respect to the needs specified 
in subsection (a)(1)(A) and the programs and services 
specified in subsection (a)(1)(B). As part of the rec-
ommendations, the task force shall identify the internet 
sites of appropriate programs, services, and organizations, 
both public and private, to which the internet portal 
should link. 
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(d) EXISTING MATERIALS.—The task force shall or-
ganize and distribute existing materials that inform and 
educate with respect to the needs specified in subsection 
(a)(1)(A) and the programs and services specified in sub-
section (a)(1)(B). 
(e) COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEC-
TOR.—In carrying out its responsibilities under this sec-
tion, the task force shall coordinate with, and may accept 
materials and assistance as it deems appropriate from— 
(1) any subordinate officer of the Adminis-
trator; 
(2) any organization authorized by the Small 
Business Act to provide assistance and advice to 
small businesses; 
(3) other Federal agencies, their officers, or 
employees; and 
(4) any other organization, entity, or person not 
set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), or (3). 
(f) CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR.—The task force shall 
have— 
(1) a Chair, appointed by the Administrator; 
and 
(2) a Vice-Chair, appointed by the Adminis-
trator in consultation with appropriate organiza-
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tions, entities, or persons from nongovernmental or-
ganizations. 
(g) MEMBERS.— 
(1) CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR.—The Chair and 
the Vice-Chair shall serve as members of the task 
force. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
MEMBERS.—The task force 
shall have additional members, each of whom shall 
be appointed by the Chair with the approval of the 
Administrator. The number of additional members 
shall be determined by the Chair in consultation 
with the Administrator, except that— 
(A) the additional members shall include, 
for each of the groups specified in paragraph 
(3), at least 1 member appointed from within 
that group; and 
(B) the number of additional members 
shall not exceed 13. 
(3) GROUPS
REPRESENTED.—The groups re-
ferred to in paragraph (2) are as follows: 
(A) Subject matter experts. 
(B) Users of information technologies 
within small businesses. 
(C) Vendors of information technologies to 
small businesses. 
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(D) Academics with expertise in the use of 
information technologies to support business. 
(E) Small business trade associations. 
(F) Federal, State, or local agencies en-
gaged in securing cyber space. 
(h) MEETINGS.— 
(1) FREQUENCY.—The task force shall meet at 
least 2 times per year, and more frequently if nec-
essary to perform its duties. 
(2) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the task force shall constitute a quorum. 
(3) LOCATION.—The Administrator shall des-
ignate, and make available to the task force, a loca-
tion at a facility under the control of the Adminis-
trator for use by the task force for its meetings. 
(4) MINUTES.—Not later than 90 days after 
each meeting, the task force shall publish the min-
utes of the meeting and shall submit to Adminis-
trator any findings or recommendations approved at 
the meeting. Not later than 60 days after receiving 
such a submission from the task force, the Adminis-
trator shall submit those findings, together with any 
comments the Administrator considers appropriate, 
to the Committee on Small Business of the House 
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of Representatives and the Committee on Small 
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate. 
(i) PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 
(1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Each mem-
ber of the task force shall serve without pay. 
(2) DETAIL OF SBA EMPLOYEES.—The Admin-
istrator may detail, without reimbursement, any of 
the personnel of the Small Business Administration 
to the task force to assist it in carrying out its du-
ties. Such a detail shall be without interruption or 
loss of civil status or privilege. 
(3) SBA SUPPORT
OF
THE
TASK
FORCE.— 
Upon the request of the task force, the Adminis-
trator shall provide to the task force the administra-
tive support services that the Administrator and the 
Chair jointly determine to be necessary for the task 
force to carry out its duties. 
(j) NOT SUBJECT
TO FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.) does not apply to the task force. 
(k) STARTUP DEADLINES.—The appointment of the 
initial set of members shall be completed not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
the first meeting of the task force shall be not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(l) TERMINATION.—The task force terminates at the 
end of fiscal year 2010. If, as of the termination date, 
the task force has not complied with subsection (h)(4) 
with respect to one or more meetings, then the task force 
shall continue after the termination date for the sole pur-
pose of achieving compliance with subsection (h)(4) with 
respect to those meetings. 
(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2010. 
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