[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 146 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S7167]
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  SA 2710. Mr. DAINES (for Mr. Sasse) proposed an amendment to the bill 
H.R. 3116, to extend by 15 years the authority of the Secretary of 
Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial report program; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. _. REPORT ON DATA SECURITY PROCEDURES OF THE BUREAU OF 
                   THE CENSUS.

       (a) Review.--The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a 
     review of the data security procedures of the Bureau of the 
     Census, including such procedures that have been implemented 
     since the data breaches of systems of the Office of Personnel 
     Management were announced in 2015.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
     submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and 
     Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on 
     the review required by subsection (a).
       (2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall--
       (A) identify all information systems of the Bureau of the 
     Census that contain sensitive information;
       (B) described any actions carried out by the Secretary of 
     Commerce or the Director of the Bureau of the Census to 
     secure sensitive information that have been implemented since 
     the data breaches of systems of the Office of Personnel 
     Management were announced in 2015;
       (C) identify any known data breaches of information systems 
     of the Bureau of the Census that contain sensitive 
     information; and
       (D) identify whether the Bureau of the Census stores any 
     information that, if combined with other such information, 
     would comprise classified information.

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