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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 4609 (Reported in House) — To reauthorize the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and for other purposes. · Sec. 203

Sec. 203. NIST Authority for cybersecurity and privacy activities

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Section 2 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 272 et seq. ) is amended— in subsection (c)— in paragraph (16), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; by redesignating paragraphs
(16)through
(27)as paragraphs
(21)through (32), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(15)the following: support information security measures for the development and lifecycle of software and the software supply chain, including development of voluntary, consensus-based technical standards, best practices, frameworks, methodologies, procedures, processes, and software engineering toolkits and configurations; support information security measures, including voluntary, consensus-based technical standards, best practices, and guidelines, for the design, adoption and deployment of cloud computing services; support research, development, and practical application to improve the usability of cybersecurity processes and technologies; facilitate and support the development of a voluntary, consensus-based set of technical standards, guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes to cost-effectively ensure appropriate privacy protections for personally identifiable information in systems, technologies, and processes used by both the public and private sector; support privacy measures, including voluntary, consensus-based technical standards, best practices, guidelines, metrology, and testbeds for the design, adoption and deployment of privacy enhancing technologies; ; and in subsection (e)(1)(A)— in clause (viii), by striking and at the end; by redesignating clause
(ix)as clause (x); and by inserting after clause
(viii)the following: conduct reviews of and create impact metrics for cybersecurity solutions and capabilities developed by the Institute for purposes of improvement; and .
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