116 HR 6812 IH: Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Pilot Program Act U.S. House of Representatives 2022-02-22 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.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6812IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 22, 2022Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Gottheimer, and Mr. Morelle) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small BusinessA BILLTo authorize appropriations for the Cybersecurity Assistance Pilot Program of the Small Business Administration for fiscal years 2023 through 2025, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Pilot Program Act.

2.

Cybersecurity Assistance Pilot Program authorization of appropriations

(a)

In general

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Small Business Administration $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 to make grants to States under the Cybersecurity Assistance Pilot Program established pursuant to title V of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 1406).(b)

Coordination

The Administrator shall, in coordination with the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, provide to recipients of grants under the Cybersecurity Assistance Pilot Program guidance on using such grants to provide businesses with, or to enable businesses to attain, the greatest degree of cybersecurity practicable, including information on cybersecurity best practices.(c)

Annual report

Not later than 90 days after the end of each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall submit to Congress a report on the Cybersecurity Assistance Pilot Program, including—(1)a list of States that have received a grant under the pilot program;(2)whether each such State has submitted a cybersecurity plan under section 2220A of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 665g);(3)descriptions of how each such State used such grant, including whether grant funds were provided directly to individual businesses or used to carry out a program of the State providing cybersecurity assistance to small business concerns (as such term is defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632));(4)descriptions of the most pressing cybersecurity needs of small business concerns; and(5)a description of how the Administrator is using the Small Business Development Center Cyber Strategy developed under section 1841(a) of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act to improve the cybersecurity assistance provided to small business concerns under the pilot program.