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136 STAT. 2387
PUBLIC LAW 117–259—DEC. 21, 2022
Public Law 117–259
117th Congress
An Act
To require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business Administra-
tion, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SBA Cyber Awareness Act’’.
SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS REPORTING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 639) is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(b) CYBERSECURITY REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this subsection, and every year thereafter,
the Administrator shall submit a report to the appropriate
congressional committees that includes—
‘‘(A) a strategy to increase the cybersecurity of informa-
tion technology infrastructure of the Administration;
‘‘(B) a supply chain risk management strategy and
an implementation plan to address the risks of foreign
manufactured information technology equipment utilized
by the Administration, including specific risk mitigation
activities for components originating from entities with
principal places of business located in the People’s Republic
of China; and
‘‘(C) an account of—
‘‘(i) any incident that occurred at the Administra-
tion during the 2-year period preceding the date on
which the first report is submitted, and, for subsequent
reports, the 1-year period preceding the date of submis-
sion; and
‘‘(ii) any action taken by the Administrator to
respond to or remediate any such incident.
‘‘(2) FISMA REPORTS.—Each report required under para-
graph (1) may be submitted as part of the report required
under section 3554 of title 44, United States Code.
‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection
shall be construed to affect the reporting requirements of the
Administrator under chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code,
in particular the requirement to notify the Federal information
security incident center under section 3554(b)(7)(C)(ii) of such
title, any guidance issued by the Office of Management and
Budget, or any other provision of law or Federal policy.
Time periods.
Plan.
Strategies.
China.
SBA Cyber
Awareness Act.
15 USC 631 note.
Dec. 21, 2022
[H.R. 3462]
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136 STAT. 2388
PUBLIC LAW 117–259—DEC. 21, 2022
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3462:
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 117–138 (Comm. on Small Business).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 117–102 (Comm. on Small Business and Entrepreneurship).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 167 (2021): Nov. 2, considered and passed House.
Vol. 168 (2022): Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate, amended.
Dec. 5, 6, House considered and concurred in Senate
amendment.
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‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
‘‘(A) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The
term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means—
‘‘(i) the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship of the Senate;
‘‘(ii) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
‘‘(iii) the Committee on Small Business of the
House of Representatives; and
‘‘(iv) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of
the House of Representatives.
‘‘(B) INCIDENT.—The term ‘incident’ has the meaning
given the term in section 3552 of title 44, United States
Code.
‘‘(C) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘informa-
tion technology’ has the meaning given the term in section
3502 of title 44, United States Code.’’.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration
shall, to the greatest extent practicable, provide to the Committee
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate, the Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the
House of Representatives a detailed account of information tech-
nology (as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code)
of the Small Business Administration that was manufactured by
an entity that has its principal place of business located in the
People’s Republic of China.
Approved December 21, 2022.
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