3.0.0 1017 2023-01-11T13:28:43Z 2023-01-11T13:28:43Z House HR 2015-02-20 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 29 (Friday, February 20, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. WALORSKI:H.R. 1017.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United StatesConstitution[Page H1084]]]> hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee House Standing hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Reported by 2015-04-21T21:07:52Z Markup by 2015-04-21T21:07:03Z Hearings by 2015-03-19T15:21:28Z Referred to 2015-03-13T15:18:01Z Referred to 2015-02-20T16:01:50Z 2015-04-21 hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote . Committee 2015-04-21 hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2015-03-19 hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2015-03-13 hsvr08 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Committee 2015-02-20 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsvr00 Veterans' Affairs Committee 2015-02-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-02-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000813 Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2] Jackie Walorski R IN 2 N K000376 Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3] Mike Kelly R PA 3 2015-02-25 False A000369 Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] Mark Amodei R NV E. 2 2015-02-25 False N000184 Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large] Kristi Noem R SD L. 0 2015-03-04 False B001284 Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] Susan Brooks R IN W. 5 2015-03-04 False S000018 Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5] MATT SALMON R AZ 5 2015-03-04 False N000185 Rep. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11] Richard Nugent R FL B. 11 2015-03-10 False C001106 Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6] Ryan Costello R PA A. 6 2015-03-13 False H001036 Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5] Jeb Hensarling R TX 5 2015-03-13 False J000295 Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] David Joyce R OH P. 14 2015-03-13 False Armed Forces and National Security Advanced technology and technological innovations Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Department of Veterans Affairs Federal officials Government information and archives Health information and medical records Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Right of privacy Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2015-02-20 Introduced in House 2015-03-17T14:33:25Z Veterans Information Security Improvement Act

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) carry out certain information security activities, (2) ensure that officials and staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) possess specified qualifications in such areas, and (3) coordinate the staffing of related information technology and security offices.

Requires the Secretary to ensure that: (1) the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, the head of the Office of Information Security (OIS), and relevant field staff possess certain levels of information technology education, certifications, and experience; (2) Office of Information and Technology (OIT) staff are assigned to the OIS; and (3) subordinate OIT offices maintain appropriate information security functions.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that subordinate OIT offices maintain functions to: (1) integrate the VA's security architecture into the VA's overall enterprise architecture strategy, (2) restrict the development of new data warehouses and data marts holding sensitive personal information of veterans, (3) reduce the number of data marts holding such personal information, and (4) deploy an incident response capability.

Defines:

  • "data mart" as a subset of a data warehouse that contains information for a specific entity of an organization rather than the entire organization, and
  • "data warehouse" as a collection of data designed to support management decision making that contains a wide variety of data presenting a coherent picture of business conditions for an entire organization at a single point in time and whose development includes systems to extract data from operating systems plus installation of a warehouse database system that provides managers with flexible data access.

Requires the Secretary to safeguard VA network infrastructure, computers, and servers.

Directs the Secretary to protect the confidentiality of sensitive personal information of veterans by:

  • providing upgrades or phaseouts of outdated or unsupported operating systems to protect against harmful viruses and malicious software; and
  • securing VA web applications and the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (commonly referred to as the "Vista system," which allows for an integrated inpatient and outpatient electronic health record for patients and provides administrative tools to VA employees).

Directs the Secretary to submit certifications to Congress regarding the VA's compliance with information security requirements, including actions required by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Office of Management and Budget.

Requires the Secretary to submit monthly reports to Congress regarding security vulnerabilities discovered after performing regular scans of VA computers and servers.

]]> Veterans Information Security Improvement Act Display Title Veterans Information Security Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced To improve the information security of the Department of Veterans Affairs by directing the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out certain actions to improve the transparency and the governance of the information security program of the Department, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Information Security Improvement Act Introduced in House 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr1017ih/xml/BILLS-114hr1017ih.xml 2015-04-21 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote . 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.