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S. 917, Securing Open Source Software Act of 2023 (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 118th
Date Requested March 29, 2023
Requested By Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Date Sent April 6, 2023
Description:
S. 917 would authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to improve the security of open-source software, or computer code that is publicly available for anyone to use or modify. The bill would require the agency to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in open-source software used by federal agencies. Under the bill, CISA would conduct annual assessments of the security of commonly used open-source software.

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