[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15702]
[From the U.S. 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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