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A bill to establish the Vulnerability Equities Review Board, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-1157| Senate 
| Updated: 5/17/2017
Brian Schatz

Brian Schatz

Democratic Senator

Hawaii

Cosponsors (3)
Ron Johnson (Republican)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Cory Gardner (Republican)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Protecting Our Ability to Counter Hacking Act of 2017 or the PATCH Act of 2017 This bill establishes the Vulnerability Equities Review Board to establish and make available to the public policies on matters relating to whether, when, how, to whom, and to what degree information about a vulnerability in a technology, product, system, service, or application that is not publicly known should be shared or released by the government to a non-federal entity. The board must submit to Congress and the President a draft of such policies, along with a description of challenges or impediments requiring legislative or administrative action. Each federal agency shall, upon obtaining information about such a vulnerability, subject such information to a process established by the board for sharing or releasing the information. Process considerations shall include: which technologies, products, systems, services, or applications are subject to the vulnerability; the potential risks of leaving the vulnerability unpatched or unmitigated; the likelihood that a non-federal entity will discover the vulnerability; and whether the vulnerability can be patched or otherwise mitigated. An agency may share or release such information to a non-federal entity without subjecting it to such process if the agency determines that the information is presumptively shareable or releasable. If the board determines that such information should be shared with or released to the vendor that developed or maintains the technology, it shall provide the information to the Department of Homeland Security, which shall share or release the information as directed by the board.
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Timeline
May 17, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-2481
Introduced in House
May 17, 2017
Introduced in Senate
May 17, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • May 17, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-2481
    Introduced in House


  • May 17, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 17, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • HR 115-2481: To establish the Vulnerability Equities Review Board, and for other purposes.
Computer security and identity theftExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationPublic contracts and procurement

A bill to establish the Vulnerability Equities Review Board, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-1157| Senate 
| Updated: 5/17/2017
Protecting Our Ability to Counter Hacking Act of 2017 or the PATCH Act of 2017 This bill establishes the Vulnerability Equities Review Board to establish and make available to the public policies on matters relating to whether, when, how, to whom, and to what degree information about a vulnerability in a technology, product, system, service, or application that is not publicly known should be shared or released by the government to a non-federal entity. The board must submit to Congress and the President a draft of such policies, along with a description of challenges or impediments requiring legislative or administrative action. Each federal agency shall, upon obtaining information about such a vulnerability, subject such information to a process established by the board for sharing or releasing the information. Process considerations shall include: which technologies, products, systems, services, or applications are subject to the vulnerability; the potential risks of leaving the vulnerability unpatched or unmitigated; the likelihood that a non-federal entity will discover the vulnerability; and whether the vulnerability can be patched or otherwise mitigated. An agency may share or release such information to a non-federal entity without subjecting it to such process if the agency determines that the information is presumptively shareable or releasable. If the board determines that such information should be shared with or released to the vendor that developed or maintains the technology, it shall provide the information to the Department of Homeland Security, which shall share or release the information as directed by the board.
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Timeline
May 17, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-2481
Introduced in House
May 17, 2017
Introduced in Senate
May 17, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • May 17, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-2481
    Introduced in House


  • May 17, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 17, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Brian Schatz

Brian Schatz

Democratic Senator

Hawaii

Cosponsors (3)
Ron Johnson (Republican)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Cory Gardner (Republican)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • HR 115-2481: To establish the Vulnerability Equities Review Board, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Computer security and identity theftExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationPublic contracts and procurement