Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act

Bill: 116-hr-43
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2019-01-03
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Congressional oversight

Infrastructure development
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to submit a report describing the policies and procedures developed to coordinate the disclosure of cyber vulnerabilities. The report shall describe instances&nbsp;when such policies and procedures were used to disclose cyber vulnerabilities in the previous year. Further, the report shall&nbsp;mention the degree to which the disclosed information was acted upon by stakeholders. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 43 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2019 Ms. Jackson Lee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report on cyber vulnerability disclosures, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act . 2. Report on cyber vulnerabilities (a) Report Not later than 240 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that contains a description of the policies and procedures developed for coordinating cyber vulnerability disclosures, in accordance with section 2209(m) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 659(m) ). To the extent possible, such report shall include an annex with information on instances in which such policies and procedures were used to disclose cyber vulnerabilities in the year prior to the date such report is required and, where available, information on the degree to which such information was acted upon by industry and other stakeholders. Such report may also contain a description of how the Secretary is working with other Federal entities and critical infrastructure owners and operators to prevent, detect, and mitigate cyber vulnerabilities. (b) Form The report required under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.