15 USC 639 - Reporting requirements and agency cooperation

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 639.

Reporting requirements and agency cooperation

(a)

Annual reports to President and Congressional officers and committees

(b)

Cybersecurity reports

(1)

Annual report

Not later than 180 days after December 21, 2022, and every year thereafter, the Administrator shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes—

(A)

a strategy to increase the cybersecurity of information technology infrastructure of the Administration;

(B)

a supply chain risk management strategy and an implementation plan to address the risks of foreign manufactured information technology equipment utilized by the Administration, including specific risk mitigation activities for components originating from entities with principal places of business located in the People’s Republic of China; and

(C)

an account of—

(i)

any incident that occurred at the Administration during the 2-year period preceding the date on which the first report is submitted, and, for subsequent reports, the 1-year period preceding the date of submission; and

(ii)

any action taken by the Administrator to respond to or remediate any such incident.

(2)

FISMA reports

(3)

Rule of construction

(4)

Definitions

In this subsection:

(A)

Appropriate congressional committees

The term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(i)

the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate;

(ii)

the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

(iii)

the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives; and

(iv)

the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives.

(B)

Incident

(C)

Information technology

(c)

Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1091(f), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 722

(d)

Annual report of Department of Defense

(e)

Retention of records

(1)

 Paragraph designation “(1)” supplied editorially.

The Administration and the Inspector General of the Administration shall retain all correspondence, records of inquiries, memoranda, reports, books, and records, including memoranda as to all investigations conducted by or for the Administration, for a period of at least one year from the date of each thereof, and shall at all times keep the same available for inspection and examination by the Senate Select Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives, or their duly authorized representatives.

(2)

The Committee on Small Business of either the Senate or the House of Representatives may request that the Office of the Inspector General of the Administration conduct an investigation of any program or activity conducted under the authority of section 636(j) or 637(a) of this title. Not later than thirty days after the receipt of such a request, the Inspector General shall inform the committee, in writing, of the disposition of the request by such office.

(f)

Consultation and cooperation with Government departments and agencies

(g)

Annual report of employee conduct complaints received or acted upon and investigations undertaken by Administration

The Administration shall transmit, not later than December 31 of each year, to the Senate Select Committee on Small Business and Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a sealed report with respect to—

(1)

complaints alleging illegal conduct by employees of the Administration which were received or acted upon by the Administration during the preceding fiscal year; and

(2)

investigations undertaken by the Administration, including external and internal audits and security and investigation reports.

(h)

Report to Congress on secondary market operations

(Pub. L. 85–536, § 2[10], July 18, 1958, 72 Stat. 393; Pub. L. 87–305, § 5(a), Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 666; Pub. L. 89–348, § 1(3), Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1310; Pub. L. 93–237, § 7, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 Stat. 1025; Pub. L. 93–386, § 4, Aug. 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 746; Pub. L. 93–608, § 3(4), (5), Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1972; Pub. L. 95–89, title II, §§ 203–208, 211, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 557, 558; Pub. L. 95–315, § 6, July 4, 1978, 92 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 97–35, title XIX, § 1904, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 772; Pub. L. 98–352, § 4, July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 331; Pub. L. 100–656, title IV, § 406, Nov. 15, 1988, 102 Stat. 3876; Pub. L. 101–37, § 15, June 15, 1989, 103 Stat. 73; Pub. L. 101–574, title II, § 241, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2826; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1091(f), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 722; Pub. L. 115–189, § 7, June 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 1498; Pub. L. 117–259, § 2(a), Dec. 21, 2022, 136 Stat. 2387.)

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