[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3786 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3786

    To reauthorize and improve the Small Business Act and the Small 
        Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2006

   Ms. Snowe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
    To reauthorize and improve the Small Business Act and the Small 
        Business Investment Act of 1958, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Information Security 
Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the terms ``Administration'' and ``Administrator'' mean 
        the Small Business Administration and the Administrator 
        thereof, respectively;
            (2) the term ``small business concern'' has the meaning 
        given the term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 632); and
            (3) the term ``task force'' means the task force 
        established under section 3(a).

SEC. 3. INFORMATION SECURITY TASK FORCE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish a task force, 
to be known as the Small Business Information Security Task Force, to 
address the information technology security needs of small business 
concerns.
    (b) Duties.--The task force shall--
            (1) identify--
                    (A) the information technology security needs of 
                small business concerns; and
                    (B) the programs and services of the 
                Administration, and of the Federal Government as a 
                whole, that serve those needs;
            (2) assess the extent to which those programs and services 
        serve those needs;
            (3) make recommendations to the Administrator on how to 
        more effectively serve those needs;
            (4) promote those programs and services; and
            (5) inform and educate with respect to those needs and 
        those programs and services.
    (c) Internet Portal Recommendations.--The task force shall make 
recommendations to the Administrator on the establishment of an 
Internet portal to be used by the Administration to receive and 
dispense information and resources with respect to the needs identified 
under subsection (a)(1)(A) and the programs and services identified 
under subsection (a)(1)(B). As part of the recommendations, the task 
force shall identify the Internet sites of appropriate programs, 
services, and organizations, both public and private, to which the 
Internet portal should link.
    (d) Existing Materials.--The task force shall organize and 
distribute existing materials that inform and educate with respect to 
the needs identified under subsection (a)(1)(A) and the programs and 
services identified under subsection (a)(1)(B).
    (e) Coordination With Public and Private Sector.--In carrying out 
its responsibilities under this section, the task force shall 
coordinate with, and may accept materials and assistance as it deems 
appropriate from--
            (1) any subordinate officer of the Administrator;
            (2) any organization authorized by the Small Business Act 
        to provide assistance and advice to small business concerns;
            (3) other Federal agencies, their officers, or employees; 
        and
            (4) any other organization, entity, or person not set forth 
        in paragraphs (1), (2), or (3).
    (f) Chair and Vice-Chair.--The task force shall have--
            (1) a Chair, appointed by the Administrator; and
            (2) a Vice-Chair, appointed by the Administrator, in 
        consultation with appropriate nongovernmental organizations, 
        entities, or persons.
    (g) Members.--
            (1) Chair and vice-chair.--The Chair and the Vice-Chair 
        shall serve as members of the task force.
            (2) Additional members.--
                    (A) In general.--The task force shall have 
                additional members, each of whom shall be appointed by 
                the Chair, with the approval of the Administrator.
                    (B) Number of members.--The number of additional 
                members shall be determined by the Chair, in 
                consultation with the Administrator, except that--
                            (i) the additional members shall include, 
                        for each of the groups specified in paragraph 
                        (3), at least 1 member appointed from within 
                        that group; and
                            (ii) the number of additional members shall 
                        not exceed 13.
            (3) Groups represented.--The groups referred to in 
        paragraph (2)(B) are--
                    (A) subject matter experts;
                    (B) users of information technologies within small 
                business concerns;
                    (C) vendors of information technologies to small 
                business concerns;
                    (D) academics with expertise in the use of 
                information technologies to support business;
                    (E) small business trade associations; and
                    (F) Federal, State, or local agencies engaged in 
                securing cyber space.
    (h) Meetings.--
            (1) Frequency.--The task force shall meet at least 2 times 
        per year, and more frequently if necessary to perform its 
        duties.
            (2) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the task force 
        shall constitute a quorum.
            (3) Location.--The Administrator shall designate, and make 
        available to the task force, a location at a facility under the 
        control of the Administrator for use by the task force for its 
        meetings.
            (4) Minutes.--Not later than 90 days after each meeting, 
        the task force shall publish the minutes of the meeting and 
        shall submit to Administrator any findings or recommendations 
        approved at the meeting. Not later than 60 days after receiving 
        such a submission from the task force, the Administrator shall 
        submit those findings, together with any comments the 
        Administrator considers appropriate, to the Committee on Small 
        Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
        Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate.
    (i) Personnel Matters.--
            (1) Compensation of members.--Each member of the task force 
        shall serve without pay.
            (2) Detail of sba employees.--The Administrator may detail, 
        without reimbursement, any of the personnel of the 
        Administration to the task force to assist it in carrying out 
        its duties. Such a detail shall be without interruption or loss 
        of civil status or privilege.
            (3) SBA support of the task force.--Upon the request of the 
        task force, the Administrator shall provide to the task force 
        the administrative support services that the Administrator and 
        the Chair jointly determine to be necessary for the task force 
        to carry out its duties.
    (j) Not Subject to Federal Advisory Committee Act.--The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) does not apply to the task 
force.
    (k) Startup Deadlines.--The appointment of the initial set of 
members shall be completed not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and the first meeting of the task force shall be 
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (l) Termination.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        task force shall terminate at the end of fiscal year 2010.
            (2) Exception.--If, as of the termination date under 
        paragraph (1), the task force has not complied with subsection 
        (h)(4) with respect to 1 or more meetings, then the task force 
        shall continue after the termination date for the sole purpose 
        of achieving compliance with subsection (h)(4) with respect to 
        those meetings.
    (m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2007 through 2010.
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