3.0.0 3024 2023-01-11T13:32:40Z 2023-01-11T13:32:40Z Senate S 2016-06-06 114 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2016-06-09T19:53:47Z Markup by 2016-06-08T23:30:00Z Referred to 2016-06-06T22:24:15Z S. Rept. 114-423 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 114 4909 HR 2016-05-26 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 502. Related bill CRS Improving Small Business Cyber Security Act of 2016 114 5064 HR 2016-09-22 Received in the Senate. Related bill CRS National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 114 2943 S 2016-12-23 Became Public Law No: 114-328. Related bill CRS 2016-12-20 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-423. Floor 2016-12-20 By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-423. Committee 14900 9 Library of Congress sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee 2016-06-09 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 511. Calendars 2016-06-09 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter without amendment. Without written report. Committee 2016-06-09 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Vitter without amendment. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee 2016-06-08 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2016-06-06 sssb00 Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. IntroReferral 2016-06-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2016-06-06 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2016-06-09 False 2016-07-08T21:11:22Z S. 3024, Small Business Cyber Security Improvements Act of 2016 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51788 As reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on June 9, 2016 Commerce Business education Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Homeland security Small business Commerce 00 2016-06-06 Introduced in Senate 2016-08-03T15:13:38Z Small Business Cyber Security Improvements Act of 2016

This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a Small Business Development Center Cyber Strategy after the Government Accountability Office submits a report that reviews the cybersecurity resources of federal agencies aimed at assisting small businesses. The strategy must include:

  • plans for incorporating small business development centers (SBDCs) into cyber programs to assist small businesses;
  • counsel and assistance to improve small businesses' cyber security infrastructure, threat awareness, and training programs for employees, including agreements with Information Sharing and Analysis Centers to gain awareness of actionable threat information that may be beneficial to small businesses; and
  • an analysis of how SBDCs can leverage federal agency programs and develop partnerships to improve cyber support services to small businesses.

The Small Business Act is amended to authorize the SBA to make SBDC grants in furtherance of such strategy. SBDCs shall provide access to external cyber security specialists to counsel small businesses.

DHS and other federal agencies coordinating with DHS may assist SBDCs, through the dissemination of cyber security risk information and other homeland security information, to help small businesses in developing such cyber security infrastructure, threat awareness, and employee training programs.

]]> 80 2016-06-09 Reported to Senate without amendment 2016-08-03T15:11:03Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Small Business Cyber Security Improvements Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to small business development centers (SBDCs) in furtherance of a Small Business Development Center Cyber Strategy to be developed by the SBA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) submits a report that reviews the cybersecurity resources of federal agencies aimed at assisting small businesses.

SBDCs shall provide access to external cyber security specialists to counsel small businesses.

(Sec. 3) DHS and other federal agencies coordinating with DHS may assist SBDCs, through the dissemination of cyber security risk information and other homeland security information, to help small businesses in developing such cyber security infrastructure, threat awareness, and employee training programs.

(Sec. 4) The GAO's cyber resources report must include: (1) an accounting, description, and assessment of the utilization of federal agency programs that provide cybersecurity assistance to small businesses; and (2) an assessment of whether the resources are duplicative of other programs or accessible to small businesses.

The SBA and DHS must include in their SBDC cyber strategy:

  • plans for incorporating SBDCs into cyber programs to assist small businesses;
  • counsel and assistance to improve small businesses' cyber security infrastructure, threat awareness, and training programs for employees, including agreements with Information Sharing and Analysis Centers to gain awareness of actionable threat information that may be beneficial to small businesses; and
  • an analysis of how SBDCs can leverage federal agency programs and develop partnerships to improve cyber support services to small businesses.

The SBA's and DHS's strategy must be developed in consultation with entities representing SBDC concerns and submitted to Congress.

]]> Small Business Cyber Security Improvements Act of 2016 Display Title Small Business Cyber Security Improvements Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve cyber security for small businesses. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Small Business Cyber Security Improvements Act of 2016 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Small Business Cyber Security Improvements Act of 2016 S Senate Reported to Senate 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3024rs/xml/BILLS-114s3024rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3024is/xml/BILLS-114s3024is.xml 2016-12-20 By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 12/10/2016. Report No. 114-423. 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.