[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 146 (Tuesday, October 6, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S7171]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT REAUTHORIZATION ACT
Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from
further consideration of H.R. 3116 and the Senate proceed to its
immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (H.R. 3116) to extend by 15 years the authority of
the Secretary of Commerce to conduct the quarterly financial
report program.
There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Sasse
amendment be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and
passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon
the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 2710) was agreed to, as follows:
(Purpose: To protect privacy for the American public)
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.
The amendment was ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to be read a
third time.
The bill was read the third time.
The bill (H.R. 3116), as amended, was passed.
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