[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5165-S5166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               SMALL BUSINESS CYBER TRAINING ACT OF 2022

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 393, S. 1687.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1687) to amend section 21 of the Small Business 
     Act to require cyber certification for small business 
     development center counselors, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting 
clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Small Business Cyber 
     Training Act of 2022''.

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

       (a) Cyber Training.--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 attacks; and
       ``(B) the term `lead small business development center' 
     means a small business development center that receives 
     reimbursement from the Administrator under paragraph (5).
       ``(2) Certification program.--The Administrator shall 
     establish a cyber counseling certification program, or 
     designate 1 or more substantially similar governmental or 
     private cybersecurity certification programs, to certify the 
     employees of lead small business development centers in 
     providing 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 is not less than the lesser of--
       ``(A) 5; or
       ``(B) 10 percent of the total number of employees of the 
     lead small business development center.
       ``(4) Cyber strategy.--In carrying out paragraph (2), the 
     Administrator, to the extent practicable, shall consider any 
     cyber strategy methods included in the Small Business 
     Development Center Cyber Strategy developed under section

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     1841(a)(3)(B) 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, the Administrator shall reimburse each lead 
     small business development center for costs relating to the 
     certification of 1 or more employees of the lead small 
     business center in providing cyber planning assistance under 
     a program established or designated under paragraph (2).
       ``(B) Limitation.--The total amount reimbursed by the 
     Administrator under subparagraph (A) may not exceed $350,000 
     in any fiscal year.
       ``(6) Funding under sbdc program.--Amounts made available 
     to fund grants under this section for fiscal year 2022, and 
     each fiscal year thereafter, shall be available for 
     reimbursements under this subsection.''.
       (b) Implementation.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration shall implement paragraphs (2), (3), 
     and (4) of section 21(o) of the Small Business Act, as added 
     by subsection (a).

  Mr. SCHUMER. I further ask that the committee-reported substitute 
amendment be agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask that the bill, as amended, be considered read a 
third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read 
the third time.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the bill having 
been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (S. 1687), as amended, was passed.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Finally, I ask that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or 
debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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