HR 7299 United States House · 117th Congress

SVAC Act of 2022

Summary

Strengthening VA Cybersecurity Act of 2022 or the SVAC Act of 2022 This act requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to provide a cybersecurity assessment of five high-impact VA information systems and the effectiveness of the VA's information security program and information security management system. The VA must submit a plan to Congress to address the findings of the assessment. The Government Accountability Office must review the assessment and the VA's response to the assessment and report its findings to Congress.

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2022

Committee Review

Dec 2022

House Passage

Nov 2022

Senate Passage

Dec 2022

Signed into Law

Dec 2022

Introduced Mar 30, 2022 Signed Dec 27, 2022

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Total actions

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Committee

Amendments

Dec 27, 2022

Signed into law

Signed by President.

executive

Dec 19, 2022

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7302-7303)

upper

Dec 19, 2022

Upper · Passed

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

upper

Dec 19, 2022

Upper · Passed

Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.

upper

Nov 17, 2022

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

upper

Nov 17, 2022

Lower · Passed

Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 1464, and the motion offered by Mr. Carter (LA), the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 4275, as amended; H.R. 5502, as amended; H.R. 5721, as amended; H.R. 6290, as amended; H.R. 7277, as amended; H.R. 7299, as amended; and H.R. 8416, as amended. (consideration: CR H8566-8574; text: CR H8569-8570)

lower

Nov 17, 2022

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 1464, and the motion offered by Mr. Carter (LA), the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 4275, as amended; H.R. 5502, as amended; H.R. 5721, as amended; H.R. 6290, as amended; H.R. 7277, as amended; H.R. 7299, as amended; and H.R. 8416, as amended.

lower

Nov 14, 2022

Introduced

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

lower

Jul 19, 2022

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

lower

Jul 19, 2022

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

lower

Jul 18, 2022

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Discharged.

lower

Jul 14, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology Modernization.

lower

Mar 30, 2022

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

lower

Mar 30, 2022

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 6 co-sponsors