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HR 4491 Passed a chamber

Requires the Small Business Administration to carry out recommendations from a Government Accountability Office report on managing risks in its information technology modernization projects.

Official title: SBA IT Modernization Reporting Act

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 17-JUL-2025
Referred 17-JUL-2025
Approved by committee 22-JUL-2025
Reported 15-AUG-2025
On the calendar 15-AUG-2025
Passed 01-DEC-2025
Senate
Received 02-DEC-2025
Key points
  • Requires the SBA Administrator to submit to Congress, within 180 days, an implementation plan for policies governing IT modernization projects.
  • Requires those policies to cover risk identification, risk management plans, cyber risk planning, contractor selection with security experts, and cost and schedule estimates based on GAO guides.
  • Requires the Administrator to brief the House and Senate small business committees on the plan within 30 days after it is submitted.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (15-AUG-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 01-DEC-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Commerce

Sponsor Gilbert Ray Cisneros (D-CA) Cosponsors · 1
■ 1 R
1 Republican