American Cybersecurity Literacy Act of 2021
Latest action · Dec 17, 2021 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 221.
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.
- IntroducedAug 10, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Cybersecurity Literacy Act
This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop and conduct a cybersecurity literacy campaign to increase knowledge and awareness of best practices to reduce cybersecurity risks.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 10, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Aug 10, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Aug 10, 2021Markup Nov 17, 2021Reported Dec 17, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2021Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 17, 2021Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 221.
- Nov 17, 2021Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Aug 10, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Aug 10, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 20, 2022S. 2699, American Cybersecurity Literacy Act of 2021As reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on December 17, 2021
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4055 | American Cybersecurity Literacy Act | Related bill | Dec 2, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a cybersecurity literacy campaign, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- American Cybersecurity Literacy Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- American Cybersecurity Literacy Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2021Reported to Senate
- Aug 10, 2021Introduced in Senate
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.
