3.0.0 2666 2023-01-11T13:39:42Z 2023-01-11T13:39:42Z Senate S 2018-04-12 115 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-04-12T20:55:54Z Enhance Cybersecurity for Small Manufacturers Act of 2018 115 5517 HR 2018-05-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. Identical bill CRS 2018-04-12 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2018-04-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2018-04-12 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-04-12 True Science, Technology, Communications Computer security and identity theft Government information and archives Manufacturing Small business Technology transfer and commercialization Science, Technology, Communications 00 2018-04-12 Introduced in Senate 2019-03-19T15:37:28Z Enhance Cybersecurity for Small Manufacturers Act of 2018

This bill directs the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in partnership with the Department of Defense (DOD), to address the lack of awareness of cybersecurity threats among small manufacturers in the defense industrial supply chain.

The MEP shall help small manufacturers conduct voluntary self-assessments in order to understand operating environments, cybersecurity requirements, and existing vulnerabilities.

NIST shall transfer its technology and techniques through MEP centers to small manufacturers to implement security measures to protect defense information.

DOD shall establish a cyber counseling certification program, or approve a similar existing program, to certify small business professionals and DOD acquisition staff to furnish cyber planning assistance to small manufacturers in the defense industrial supply chain.

]]> Enhance Cybersecurity for Small Manufacturers Act of 2018 Display Title Enhance Cybersecurity for Small Manufacturers Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve assistance provided by the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership to small manufacturers in the defense industrial supply chain on matters relating to cybersecurity, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Enhance Cybersecurity for Small Manufacturers Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2666is/xml/BILLS-115s2666is.xml 2018-04-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.