Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025
Introduced Jan 31, 2025 by Rep. Nancy Mace
The House passed it. The Senate has to pass it before it can reach the President.
This bill requires revisions to acquisition regulations related to information systems vulnerabilities for certain federal contractors. The revisions apply to contractors whose contract is at or above the simplified acquisition threshold ($250,000 in most cases) or that use, operate, manage, or maintain a federal information system on behalf of an agency.
Under the bill, the Office of Management and Budget must review the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and recommend updated contract requirements and language for contractor vulnerability disclosure programs. (Such programs establish processes for identifying, reporting, and mitigating information system vulnerabilities discovered by security researchers, software developers, and others.) The recommendations must include requirements to ensure that such contractors implement vulnerability disclosure policies consistent with guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council must review these recommendations and update the FAR as necessary to incorporate requirements for such contractors to receive information about potential security vulnerabilities in contractor information systems used in performance of contract.
The Department of Defense (DOD) must conduct a similar review and update of regulations with respect to the DOD Supplement to the FAR.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
No recorded roll-call vote on this bill — it may have passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record individual votes.
- Mar 4, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 3, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 3, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H930-931)
- Mar 3, 2025Passed/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)
- Mar 3, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 872.
- Mar 3, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H930-932)
- Mar 3, 2025Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jan 31, 2025Referred 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.
- Jan 31, 2025Introduced in House