[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1649 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1649

  To amend the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for 
 small business development center counselors, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2019

 Mr. Chabot (for himself, Mr. Evans, and Ms. Velazquez) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Small Business Act to require cyber certification for 
 small business development center counselors, 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 Development Center 
Cyber Training Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. DUTIES OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER COUNSELORS.

    Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(o) Cyber Strategy Training for Small Business Development 
Centers.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `cyber strategy' means resources and 
                tactics to assist in planning for cybersecurity and 
                defending against cyber risks and cyber attacks; and
                    ``(B) the term `lead small business development 
                center' means a small business development center that 
                has received a grant from the Administration.
            ``(2) Certification program.--The Administrator shall 
        establish a cyber counseling certification program, or approve 
        a similar existing program, to certify the employees of lead 
        small business development centers to provide cyber planning 
        assistance to small business concerns.
            ``(3) Number of certified employees.--The Administrator 
        shall ensure that the number of employees of each lead small 
        business development center who are certified in providing 
        cyber planning assistance under this subsection is not fewer 
        than the lesser of--
                    ``(A) 5; or
                    ``(B) 10 percent of the total number of employees 
                of the lead small business development center.
            ``(4) Consideration of small business development center 
        cyber strategy.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
        Administrator, to the extent practicable, shall consider any 
        cyber strategy methods included in the Small Business 
        Development Center Cyber Strategy developed under section 
        1841(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
        Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2662).
            ``(5) Reimbursement for certification.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
                appropriations and subparagraph (B), the Administrator 
                shall reimburse a lead small business development 
                center for costs relating to the certification of an 
                employee of the lead small business development center 
                under the program established under paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Limitation.--The total amount reimbursed by 
                the Administrator under subparagraph (A) may not exceed 
                $350,000 in any fiscal year.''.
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