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Critical Technology Security Centers Act of 2023

USA118th CongressHR-2866| House 
| Updated: 4/25/2023
Ritchie Torres

Ritchie Torres

Democratic Representative

New York

Cosponsors (1)
Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democratic)

Homeland Security Committee, Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Critical Technology Security Centers Act of 2023 This bill directs the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), to support the establishment of at least two cybersecurity-focused Critical Technology Security Centers to evaluate and test the security of critical technology. The centers shall leverage risk-based evaluations to focus on activities that have the greatest effect on the security of the critical technologies within each center's scope. Each center must establish, in coordination with CISA, coordinated vulnerability disclosure processes. Vulnerabilities discovered by a center must be reported to the National Vulnerability Database of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Any center addressing open source software security may award grants to individual open source software developers and maintainers, nonprofit organizations, and other nonfederal entities to fund improvements in the security of the open source software ecosystem. Open source software is defined as software for which the human-readable source code is made available to the public for use, study, re-use, modification, enhancement, and redistribution. Each center must report to the directorate on a biennial basis. The directorate shall then report to Congress.
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Timeline
Apr 25, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 25, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
Apr 25, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Apr 25, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
  • April 25, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • April 25, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.


  • April 25, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.


  • April 25, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.

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Computers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archives

Critical Technology Security Centers Act of 2023

USA118th CongressHR-2866| House 
| Updated: 4/25/2023
Critical Technology Security Centers Act of 2023 This bill directs the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), to support the establishment of at least two cybersecurity-focused Critical Technology Security Centers to evaluate and test the security of critical technology. The centers shall leverage risk-based evaluations to focus on activities that have the greatest effect on the security of the critical technologies within each center's scope. Each center must establish, in coordination with CISA, coordinated vulnerability disclosure processes. Vulnerabilities discovered by a center must be reported to the National Vulnerability Database of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Any center addressing open source software security may award grants to individual open source software developers and maintainers, nonprofit organizations, and other nonfederal entities to fund improvements in the security of the open source software ecosystem. Open source software is defined as software for which the human-readable source code is made available to the public for use, study, re-use, modification, enhancement, and redistribution. Each center must report to the directorate on a biennial basis. The directorate shall then report to Congress.
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Timeline
Apr 25, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 25, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
Apr 25, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
Apr 25, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
  • April 25, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • April 25, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.


  • April 25, 2023
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.


  • April 25, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Ritchie Torres

Ritchie Torres

Democratic Representative

New York

Cosponsors (1)
Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democratic)

Homeland Security Committee, Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee

Government Operations and Politics

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Computers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archives