119-s1899

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[S. 1899 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1899

To require Federal contractors to implement a vulnerability disclosure 
 policy consistent with NIST guidelines, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 22, 2025

 Mr. Warner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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 A BILL

To require Federal contractors to implement a vulnerability disclosure 
 policy consistent with NIST guidelines, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Federal Contractor Cybersecurity 
Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL CONTRACTOR VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE POLICY.

    (a) Recommendations.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
 Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the 
 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the National 
 Cyber Director, the Director of the National Institute of 
 Standards and Technology, and any other appropriate head of an 
 Executive department, shall--
        (A) review the Federal Acquisition Regulation

    (FAR) contract requirements and language for contractor 
 vulnerability disclosure programs; and
        (B) recommend updates to such requirements and 
 language to the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council.

    (2) Contents.--The recommendations required by paragraph

    (1) shall include updates to such requirements designed to 
 ensure that covered contractors implement a vulnerability 
 disclosure policy consistent with National Institute of 
 Standards and Technology

    (NIST) guidelines for contractors as 
 required under 

section 5 of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement 
 Act of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 278g-3c).

    (b) Procurement Requirements.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the recommended contract language developed pursuant to 
subsection

    (a) is received, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council 
shall review the recommended contract language and amend the FAR as 
necessary to incorporate requirements for covered contractors to 
solicit and address information about potential security 
vulnerabilities relating to an information system owned or controlled 
by the contractor that is used in performance of a Federal contract.
            (c) Elements.--The update to the FAR pursuant to subsection

    (b) shall--

    (1) to the maximum extent practicable, align with the 
 security vulnerability disclosure process and coordinated 
 disclosure requirements relating to Federal information systems 
 under sections 5 and 6 of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act 
 of 2020 (15 U.S.C. 278g-3c, 278g-3d); and

    (2) to the maximum extent practicable, be aligned with 
 industry best practices and Standards 29147 and 30111 of the 
 International Standards Organization (or any successor 
 standard) or any other appropriate, relevant, and widely used 
 standard.
            (d) Waiver.--The head of an agency may waive the security 
vulnerability disclosure policy requirement under subsection

    (b) if the 
agency Chief Information Officer--

    (1) determines that the waiver is necessary in the interest 
 of national security or research purposes; and

    (2) not later than 30 days after granting the waiver, 
 submits a notification and justification, including information 
 about the duration of the waiver, to the Committee on Homeland 
 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
 Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
 Representatives.

    (e) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the 
 term in 

section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.

    (2) Covered contractor.--The term ``covered contractor'' 
 means a contractor (as defined in 

section 7101 of title 41, 
 United States Code)--
        (A) whose contract is in an amount the same as or 
 greater than the simplified acquisition threshold; or
        (B) that uses, operates, manages, or maintains a 
 Federal information system (as defined by 

section 11331 
 of title 40, United Stated Code) on behalf of an 
 agency.

    (3) Executive department.--The term ``Executive 
 department'' has the meaning given that term in 

section 101 of 
 title 5, United States Code.

    (4) Security vulnerability.--The term ``security 
 vulnerability'' has the meaning given that term in 

section 2200 
 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 650).

    (5) Simplified acquisition threshold.--The term 
 ``simplified acquisition threshold'' has the meaning given that 
 term in 

section 134 of title 41, United States Code.

SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

 No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for the 
purpose of carrying out this Act.
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