115 HR 4921 RH: STB Information Security Improvement Act U.S. House of Representatives 2018-02-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IB Union Calendar No. 475 115th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 4921 [Report No. 115–622] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 5, 2018 Mr. Mitchell (for himself and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure April 5, 2018Additional sponsor: Mr. Faso April 5, 2018 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 5, 2018 A BILL To require the Surface Board of Transportation to implement certain recommendations of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the STB Information Security Improvement Act.

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Requirements

(a)

In general

The Surface Transportation Board (in this section referred to as the STB) shall develop a timeline and plan to implement the recommendations of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation in Report No. FI2018002, including improvements— (1)to identify controls, including risk management, weakness remediation, and security authorization; (2)to protect controls, including configuration management, user identity and access management, and security training; (3)to detect controls, including continuous monitoring; (4)to respond controls, including incident handling and reporting; (5)to recover controls for contingency planning; and (6)any additional tools that will improve the implementation of the recommendations. (b)

Implementation

(1)

In general

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the STB shall submit the plan and timeline developed under subsection (a) to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce of the Senate. (2)

Report

The STB shall report annually to such Committees on the progress on implementation of the recommendations until the implementation is complete. (3)

Plan implementation

The STB shall designate an individual to implement the plan developed under subsection (a).

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No additional funds authorized

No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to require the Surface Transportation Board to implement certain recommendations of the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation.. April 5, 2018Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed