115 S2844 IS: STB Information Security Improvement Act U.S. Senate 2018-05-15 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II115th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 2844IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESMay 15, 2018Mr. Thune introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationA BILLTo require the Surface Transportation Board to implement certain recommendations of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the STB Information Security Improvement Act.

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Requirements

(a)

In general

The Surface Transportation Board (in this section referred to as the STB) shall develop a timeline and plan to implement the recommendations of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation in Report No. FI2018002, including improvements— (1)to identify controls, including risk management, weakness remediation, and security authorization; (2)to protect controls, including configuration management, user identity and access management, and security training; (3)to detect controls, including continuous monitoring; (4)to respond controls, including incident handling and reporting; (5)to recover controls for contingency planning; and (6)to such other tools that would implement the recommendations in the report. (b)

Implementation

(1)

In general

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the STB shall submit the plan and timeline developed under subsection (a) to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. (2)

Report

The STB shall report annually to such Committees on the progress on implementation of the recommendations until the implementation is complete. (3)

Plan implementation

The STB shall designate an individual to implement the plan developed under subsection (a).

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No additional funds authorized

No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.