,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #degi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ba1 #bjbe,mr4 
,thompson of ,mississippi introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,homeland ,security ,act of   
#bjjb to provide for the mitigation of  
cybersecurity risks by the ,federal     
,emergency ,management ,agency1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short ,title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,,fema        
,cybersecurity ,improvement ,act4  #b4  
,mitigating cybersecurity risks  7a7 ,in
 general ,subsection 7a7 of section #ebc
 of the ,homeland ,security ,act of     
#bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #cbal7 is amended-- 
7#a7 in the matter preceding paragraph  

7#a71 by striking as of the day before  
the date of the enactment of this       
section12  7#b7 by redesignating        
paragraphs 7#c7 through 7#h7 as         
paragraphs 7#d7 through 7#i71           
respectively2 and  7#c7 by inserting    
after paragraph 7#b7 the following new  
paragraph3  7#c7 mitigating             
cybersecurity risks 7as such term is    
defined in section #bbjj7 that could    
impede ,agency operations2  4  7b7 ,plan
 for ,,fema cybersecurity ,not later    
than one year after the date of the     
enactment of this section1 the          
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency1 in      
consultation with the ,director of the  
,cybersecurity and ,infrastructure      
,security ,agency1 shall submit to the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate a report on the 

progress of ,agency efforts to mitigate 
cybersecurity risks within the ,agency  
in accordance with paragraph 7#c7 of    
section #ebc7;a7 of the ,homeland       
,security ,act of #bjjb1 as amended by  
subsection 7a74