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To provide for an interagency cyber victim coordinator to respond to data breaches and other cyber attacks on Federal employees.

USA115th CongressHR-3403| House 
| Updated: 7/26/2017
Anthony G. Brown

Anthony G. Brown

Democratic Representative

Maryland

Cosponsors (4)
Robert J. Wittman (Republican)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)

Oversight and Government Reform Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Cyber Valuing Individual Cybersecurity Through Interagency Measures Act or the Cyber VICTIM Act This bill requires the President to designate a federal official as the interagency cyber victim response coordinator. The interagency cyber victim coordinator must respond to data breaches and other cyber attacks on federal employees. Additionally, the coordinator must: (1) coordinate activities of the federal government relating to incidents of data breaches; (2) chair an interagency working group, consisting of appropriate personnel of the federal government and responding to cyber attacks against federal employees; (3) ensure sufficient representation of each federal agency at the interagency working group; and (4) develop processes and procedures to inform victims of efforts to mitigate damage from data breaches and prosecute perpetrators. The President must develop a comprehensive plan for the U.S. response to data breaches of personal information of federal employees.
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Timeline
Jul 26, 2017
Introduced in House
Jul 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • July 26, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • July 26, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Government Operations and Politics

Computer security and identity theftCongressional oversightCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementRight of privacy

To provide for an interagency cyber victim coordinator to respond to data breaches and other cyber attacks on Federal employees.

USA115th CongressHR-3403| House 
| Updated: 7/26/2017
Cyber Valuing Individual Cybersecurity Through Interagency Measures Act or the Cyber VICTIM Act This bill requires the President to designate a federal official as the interagency cyber victim response coordinator. The interagency cyber victim coordinator must respond to data breaches and other cyber attacks on federal employees. Additionally, the coordinator must: (1) coordinate activities of the federal government relating to incidents of data breaches; (2) chair an interagency working group, consisting of appropriate personnel of the federal government and responding to cyber attacks against federal employees; (3) ensure sufficient representation of each federal agency at the interagency working group; and (4) develop processes and procedures to inform victims of efforts to mitigate damage from data breaches and prosecute perpetrators. The President must develop a comprehensive plan for the U.S. response to data breaches of personal information of federal employees.
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Timeline
Jul 26, 2017
Introduced in House
Jul 26, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • July 26, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • July 26, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Anthony G. Brown

Anthony G. Brown

Democratic Representative

Maryland

Cosponsors (4)
Robert J. Wittman (Republican)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)

Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Government Operations and Politics

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Computer security and identity theftCongressional oversightCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementRight of privacy