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113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4215
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 12, 2014
Mr. Connolly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To strengthen privacy and data security, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Federal Agency Data Breach Notification Act of 2014.
2.
Privacy breach requirements
(a)
Information security
(1)
Amendment
Subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
3550.
Privacy breach requirements
(a)
Policies and Procedures
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall establish and oversee policies and
procedures for agencies to follow in the event of a breach of information
security involving the disclosure of personally identifiable information,
including requirements for—
(1) not later than 72 hours after the agency discovers such a breach, or discovers evidence that
reasonably indicates such a breach has occurred, notice to the individuals
whose personally identifiable information could be compromised as a result
of such breach;
(2) timely reporting to a Federal cybersecurity center, as designated by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget; and
(3) any additional actions that the Director finds necessary and appropriate, including data breach
analysis, fraud resolution services, identity theft insurance, and credit
protection or monitoring services.
(b)
Required Agency Action
The head of each agency shall ensure that actions taken in response to a breach of information
security involving the disclosure of personally identifiable information
under the authority or control of the agency comply with policies and
procedures established by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget under subsection (a).
(c)
Report
Not later than March 1 of each year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
report to Congress on agency compliance with the policies and procedures
established under subsection (a).
(d)
Federal cybersecurity center defined
The term Federal cybersecurity center means any of the following:
(1) The Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center.
(2) The Intelligence Community Incident Response Center.
(3) The United States Cyber Command Joint Operations Center.
(4) The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force.
(5) Central Security Service Threat Operations Center of the National Security Agency.
(6) The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
(7) Any successor to a center, team, or task force described in paragraphs (1) through (6).
(8) Any center that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines is appropriate to
carry out the requirements of this section.
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(2)
Technical and Conforming Amendment
The table of sections for subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
3550. Privacy breach requirements.
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(b)
Amendments to the E-Government Act of 2002
Section 208(b)(1)(A) of the E-Government Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107–347) is
amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking or at the end;
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
(iii) using information in an identifiable form purchased, or subscribed to for a fee, from a commercial
data source.
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(c)
Authority of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget with respect to federal
information policy
Section 3504(g) of title 44, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking . and and inserting ; and; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(3) designate a Federal Chief Privacy Officer within the Office of Management and Budget who is a
noncareer appointee in a Senior Executive Service position and who is a
trained and experienced privacy professional to carry out the
responsibilities of the Director with regard to privacy.
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