[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 125 (Tuesday, August 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S6312]
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SA 2588. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 754, to improve cybersecurity in the United States
through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of section 7, insert the following:
(c) Annual Data Security Certification.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than
annually thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall certify the adequacy of the security
controls utilized by Federal entities to protect information
shared or received under this Act.
(2) Contents.--Each certificate issued by the Director
under paragraph (1) shall include a description of the
adequacy of the security controls of each Federal entity
based on--
(A) a review of the annual reports and evaluations
submitted under sections 3554(c) and 3555 of title 44, United
States Code; and
(B) any additional certification requirements determined
necessary by the Director.
(3) Actions if inadequate security controls are detected.--
(A) In general.--If the Director determines the security
controls of a Federal entity are not adequate to protect the
information shared or received under this Act, the Director
shall submit to such Federal entity, in writing, a notice of
the actions the Federal entity shall take in order to ensure
that the information is adequately protected.
(B) Schedule and explanation.--Not later than 30 days after
the date the Director submits a notice under subparagraph
(A), the Federal entity shall--
(i) take the actions required by the notice; or
(ii) submit to the Director and the appropriate committees
of Congress, in writing, an explanation of why such actions
have not been taken and an estimate of the number of days
until such actions shall be taken.
(C) Appropriate committees of congress.--In this paragraph,
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the
following:
(i) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation,
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
(ii) The Committee on Homeland Security, the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform, and the Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology of the House of Representatives.
(4) Form.--Each certification, notice, and explanation
required under this subsection shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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