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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 4350 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1616

Sec. 1616. Modification of requirement for annual reports on vulnerabilities equities process

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Section 6720(c) of the Damon Paul Nelson and Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ; 50 U.S.C. 3316a ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking classified ; in subparagraph (B), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: the aggregate number of vulnerabilities disclosed to vendors or the public pursuant to the Vulnerabilities Equities Process; the aggregate number of vulnerabilities disclosed to vendors or the public pursuant to the Vulnerabilities Equities Process known to have been patched; the number of times the Vulnerabilities Equities Process resulted in a decision to disclose a vulnerability; the number of times the Vulnerabilities Equities Process resulted in a decision not to disclose a vulnerability; the number of times a decision described in subparagraph
(G)was the result of a unanimous agreement of the participants in the Vulnerabilities Equities Process; the number of times a decision described in subparagraph
(H)was the result of a unanimous agreement of the participants in the Vulnerabilities Equities Process; the number of appeals made through the Vulnerabilities Equities Process by participants in such process of a preliminary determination to disclose a vulnerability; the number of appeals made through the Vulnerabilities Equities Process by participants in such process of a preliminary determination not to disclose a vulnerability; the number of times a preliminary determination was reversed pursuant to an appeal described in subparagraph (K); and the number of times a preliminary determination was reversed pursuant to an appeal described in subparagraph (L). ; and by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: Each report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. The Director shall make available to the public the unclassified portion of each report submitted under paragraph (1). .
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