Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act
Latest action · Jan 10, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 12, 2017
- Passed HouseJan 9, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to provide a public report to Congress about the policies and procedures developed for coordinating disclosures about cyber vulnerabilities. The report may contain a classified portion about cyber vulnerability disclosures made in the past year and those outcomes.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jul 12, 2017Markup Jul 26, 2017Reported Sep 1, 2017 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 10, 2018 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 10, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jan 9, 2018Mr. Estes (KS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jan 9, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H43-46)
- Jan 9, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3202.
- Jan 9, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H43)
- Jan 9, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 1, 2017Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-283.
- Sep 1, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 203.
- Jul 26, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 26, 2017Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jul 12, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 12, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 5
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8880 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Sep 25, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7795 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Sep 4, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1663 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Mar 19, 2018 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E44 | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA | Jan 16, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H43–H46Text printed H43 | Ron Estes R-KS, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Jan 9, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 5, 2017H.R. 3202, Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 26, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 117, July 12, 2017, page H5759.
Printed hearings 5
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 115-78 | INTERAGENCY CYBER COOPERATION: ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY83 pages | Armed Services Committee · Homeland Security Committee | Nov 14, 2018 |
| Serial No. 115-70 | DHS'S PROGRESS IN SECURING ELECTION SYSTEMS AND OTHER CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE95 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jul 11, 2018 |
| — | CDM: GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVES ON SECURITY AND MODERNIZATION59 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Homeland Security Committee | Mar 20, 2018 |
| Serial No. 115-44 | CDM, THE FUTURE OF FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY49 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jan 17, 2018 |
| Serial No. 115-39 | MAXIMIZING THE VALUE OF CYBER THREAT INFORMATION SHARING55 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Nov 15, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 43 | Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 4, 2019 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report on cyber vulnerability disclosures, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Cyber Vulnerability Disclosure Reporting Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 10, 2018Referred in Senate
- Jan 9, 2018Engrossed in House
- Sep 1, 2017Reported in House
- Jul 12, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
