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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6190 
To provide for cybersecurity prioritization in formation technology 
procurement. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 2, 2023 
Mr. KEAN of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To provide for cybersecurity prioritization in formation 
technology procurement. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CYBERSECURITY PRIORITIZATION IN INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGY PROCUREMENT. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Department has not sufficiently empha-
sized cybersecurity in its operations or in its pro-
curement of information technology, and that these 
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shortcomings have contributed to numerous cyberse-
curity incidents at the Department; and 
(2) the Department should prioritize, to the 
highest level and to a greater extent than it already 
does, the minimization of cybersecurity risks in its 
procurement of information technology. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Chief Information Offi-
cer in the Bureau of Information Resources Management 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
an annual report that— 
(1) describes all Department information tech-
nology procurement contracts awarded in the year 
prior to the issuance of the report, including the 
name of the awardee and the information technology 
they were contracted to procure; 
(2) for all Department information technology 
procurement contracts awarded in the year prior to 
the issuance of the report with contract price exceed-
ing $10 million— 
(A) details the cybersecurity risks which 
have been or will be created by the information 
technology procured or intended to be procured 
under the contract, including the Department’s 
strategy for mitigating these risks; 
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(B) justifies the Department’s choice to 
award the contract to its particular awardee in 
light of those cybersecurity risks; and 
(C) justifies the Department’s choice to 
procure such information technology in light of 
those cybersecurity risks. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(2) the term ‘‘cybersecurity incident’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘incident’’ in section 3552 
of title 44, United States Code; 
(3) the term ‘‘cybersecurity risk’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 2200 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 650), except that 
such term refers exclusively to cybersecurity risks to 
the Department’s information and information sys-
tems; 
(4) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of State; 
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(5) the term ‘‘information system’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3502 of title 44, 
United States Code; and 
(6) the term ‘‘information technology’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 11101 of title 
40, United States Code. 
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