On the recordSeptember 21, 2016
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 5064) to amend the Small Business Act to allow small business development centers to assist and advise small business concerns on relevant cyber security matters, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 5064 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 ``Improving Small Business Cyber Security Act of 2016''. SEC. 2. ROLE OF SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS IN CYBER SECURITY AND PREPAREDNESS. Section 21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``and providing access to business analysts who can refer small business concerns to available experts:'' and inserting ``providing access to business analysts who can refer small business concerns to available experts; and, to the extent practicable, providing assistance in furtherance of the Small Business Development Center Cyber Strategy developed under section 5(b) of the Improving Small Business Cyber Security Act of 2016:''; and (2) in subsection (c)-- (A) in paragraph (2)-- (i) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and (iii) by adding at the end of the following: ``(G) access to cyber security specialists to counsel, assist, and infor…





