A bill to require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to disseminate resources to help reduce small business cybersecurity risks, and for other purposes.
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to consider small businesses when it facilitates and supports the development of voluntary, consensus-based, industry-led guidelines and procedures to cost-effectively reduce cyber risks to critical infrastructure.
NIST must disseminate, and publish on its website, standard and method resources that small business may use voluntarily to help identify, assess, manage, and reduce their cybersecurity risks. The resources must be: (1) technology-neutral, (2) based on international standards to the extent possible, (3) able to vary with the nature and size of the implementing small business and the sensitivity of the data collected or stored on the information systems, and (4) consistent with the national cybersecurity awareness and education program under the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014. Additionally, the resources must include case studies of practical application.
Other federal agencies may also elect to publish the resources on their own websites.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-300.
Mr. Webster (FL) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7201-7202)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7201)
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7201)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendments to S. 770 by Unanimous Consent.(text as Senate agree to the House amendment: CR S5561)
Enacted as Public Law 115-236
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Senate agreed to the House amendments to S. 770 by Unanimous Consent. (text as Senate agree to the House amendment: CR S5561)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 115-236.
Became Public Law No: 115-236.