HR 3747 · 117th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

Securing American Research from Cyber Theft Act

Introduced 2021-06-08· Sponsored by Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.(2021-06-08)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Securing American Research From Cyber Theft Act This bill establishes a pilot program and modifies a current program related to cybersecurity for federally supported research and data. The bill directs the National Science Foundation to award grants to establish a pilot program to ensure the security of federally supported research data and to assist regional institutions of higher education and their researchers in complying with regulations regarding the safeguarding of sensitive information and other relevant regulations and federal guidelines. The bill requires the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program to provide for improving the security, reliability, and resiliency of computing and networking systems used by higher education and other nonprofit research institutions for the processing, storage, and transmission of sensitive federally funded research and associated data.…

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