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HR 872 · in committee · significant

Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • This bill requires federal contractors to establish vulnerability disclosure programs for reporting cybersecurity weaknesses.
  • It affects contractors with federal contracts worth $250,000 or more, or those managing federal computer systems.
  • The Office of Management and Budget and Department of Defense must update contracting rules to implement these requirements.

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    How might the $250,000 contract threshold affect small versus large federal contractors' ability to establish vulnerability disclosure programs?

  2. 02

    What specific cybersecurity standards or timelines should contractors follow when receiving vulnerability reports under this requirement?

  3. 03

    How could mandatory vulnerability disclosure programs change the relationship between federal contractors and security researchers who discover system weaknesses?

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Introduced 2025-03-04

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-03-04 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

  2. 2025-03-03 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2025-03-03 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H930-931)

  4. 2025-03-03 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H930-931)

  5. 2025-03-03 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 872.

  6. 2025-03-03 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H930-932)

  7. 2025-03-03 · house · Floor

    Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  8. 2025-01-31 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  9. 2025-01-31 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  10. 2025-01-31 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  11. 2025-01-31 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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