United States Congress · 119 session · house
HR 8880Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act of 2026
- Status
- In committee
- Latest action
- — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Primary sponsor
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D)
- Commerce
Latest change summary
+498 / −378 words · LargeConfidence: high
This revision fundamentally guts the Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act by removing nearly all substantive provisions while retaining only the shell of the original bill. The changes delete the entire mandate for the Comptroller General to study Federal cybersecurity assistance to small businesses, eliminating requirements to identify cyber risks and vulnerabilities, assess small business preparedness, evaluate planning and mitigation efforts, examine capital sources for cybersecurity activities, inventory Federal cybersecurity programs, assess awareness and coordination among initiatives, identify gaps in assistance, and provide recommendations for improvement. What remains is essentially the short title, a reporting requirement stripped of its underlying study mandate, and a prohibition on additional funding—transforming a comprehensive evaluation framework into a largely hollow legislative structure.