I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1649 
To amend the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for small 
business development center counselors, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2019 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. EVANS, and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to require cyber certifi-
cation for small business development center counselors, 
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 ‘‘Small Business Devel-
opment Center Cyber Training Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. DUTIES OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TER COUNSELORS. 
Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(o) CYBER STRATEGY TRAINING FOR SMALL BUSI-
NESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘cyber strategy’ means re-
sources and tactics to assist in planning for cy-
bersecurity and defending against cyber risks 
and cyber attacks; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘lead small business develop-
ment center’ means a small business develop-
ment center that has received a grant from the 
Administration. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.—The Adminis-
trator shall establish a cyber counseling certification 
program, or approve a similar existing program, to 
certify the employees of lead small business develop-
ment centers to provide cyber planning assistance to 
small business concerns. 
‘‘(3) NUMBER
OF
CERTIFIED
EMPLOYEES.— 
The Administrator shall ensure that the number of 
employees of each lead small business development 
center who are certified in providing cyber planning 
assistance under this subsection is not fewer than 
the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) 5; or 
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‘‘(B) 10 percent of the total number of em-
ployees of the lead small business development 
center. 
‘‘(4) CONSIDERATION OF SMALL BUSINESS DE-
VELOPMENT
CENTER
CYBER
STRATEGY.—In car-
rying out this subsection, the Administrator, to the 
extent practicable, shall consider any cyber strategy 
methods included in the Small Business Develop-
ment Center Cyber Strategy developed under section 
1841(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 
Stat. 2662). 
‘‘(5) REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations and subparagraph (B), 
the Administrator shall reimburse a lead small 
business development center for costs relating 
to the certification of an employee of the lead 
small business development center under the 
program established under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The total amount re-
imbursed by the Administrator under subpara-
graph (A) may not exceed $350,000 in any fis-
cal year.’’. 
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