Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act of 2026

Sponsor: Lateefah Simon (Democratic-CA)May 19, 2026

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Requires a study to improve federal cybersecurity help for small businesses.

This bill would require the government's watchdog, the Comptroller General, to study how well federal cybersecurity programs help small businesses. The goal is to find ways to make these programs more effective and easier for business owners to use. This could lead to better protection against cyberattacks for millions of small businesses.

What Would Change

Today, various federal agencies offer cybersecurity help to small businesses, but there isn't a required, comprehensive review of how well these efforts work. If this bill passes, the Comptroller General would have to conduct such a study and provide recommendations to Congress, aiming to make these programs better and more accessible for small business owners.

Key Provisions

Requires the Comptroller General to study current federal cybersecurity programs that help small businesses.
Demands the study look at how small businesses identify cyber risks, prepare for attacks, and recover from them.
Insists the study assess how aware small businesses are of these programs and how effective they are.
Calls for the study to include recommendations for improving federal cybersecurity help.
Requires a report of the study's findings to be sent to the House and Senate Small Business Committees.

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Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act of 2026

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