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        <fullName>Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Strengthening VA Cybersecurity Act of 2022</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to provide a cybersecurity assessment of at least 3, but no more than 10, high-impact VA information systems and the effectiveness of the VA's information security program and information security management system.</p> <p>The VA must submit a plan to Congress to address the findings of the assessment.</p> <p>The Government Accountability Office must review the assessment and the VA's response to the assessment and report its findings to Congress.</p>]]></text>
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