US Congress Senate Bill 1808 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires the Department of State to design, establish, and make publicly known a Vulnerability Disclosure Process to improve cybersecurity. In establishing the process, the State Department must identify which information technology should be included, determine whether the process should differentiate among and specify the types of security vulnerabilities that may be targeted, and provide a readily available form and means of reporting, amongst other requirements. The bill requires the State Department to establish a bug bounty pilot program, where an approved individual, organization, or company is temporarily authorized to identify and report vulnerabilities of internet-facing information technology of the State Department in exchange for compensation.

Hack Your State Department Act

Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]

Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

HB328 (Related) 2019-01-23 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1808/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1808/BILLS-116s1808is.pdf