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{{Infobox U.S. legislation
| shorttitle        = Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014
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| longtitle         = An Act to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to provide for reform to Federal information security.
| colloquialacronym = FISMA2014
| nickname          = FISMA Reform
| enacted by        = 113th
| effective date    = December 18, 2014
| public law url    = https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-113publ283/pdf/PLAW-113publ283.pdf
| cite public law   = 113-283
| cite statutes at large = {{usstat|128|3073}} ''aka'' 128 Stat. 3073 
| acts amended    = [[Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002]]
| acts repealed   = 
| title amended   = 44 U.S.C.: Public Printing and Documents
| sections created = {{Usc-title-chap|44|35|II}} § 3551 et seq.
| sections amended = {{unbulleted list|{{Usc-title-chap|44|35|II}} § 3501 et seq.|{{Usc-title-chap|44|35|III}} § 3541 et seq.}}
| leghisturl      = https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2521?
| introducedin    = House
| introducedbill  = {{USBill|113|S.|2521}}
| introducedby    = Thomas Carper (D–DE)
| introduceddate  = June 24, 2014
| committees      = Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
| passedbody1     = Senate
| passeddate1     = December 8, 2014
| passedvote1     = passed unanimous consent
| passedbody2     = House
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| passeddate2     = December 10, 2014
| passedvote2     = passed without objection
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| signedpresident = [[Biography:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]]
| signeddate      = December 18, 2014
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'''The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014''' ([https://www.congress.gov/113/plaws/publ283/PLAW-113publ283.pdf Pub.L. 113-283], S. 2521; commonly referred to as FISMA Reform) was signed into federal law by President [[Biography:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] on December 18, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=S.2521 - Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2521/text|website=congress.gov|publisher=Library of Congress|accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref> Passed as a response to the increasing amount of [[Cyberattack|cyber attacks]] on the federal government, it amended existing laws to enable the federal government to better respond to cyber attacks on departments and agencies.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Jack|title=FROM FITARA TO FISMA REFORM: 5 KEY TECH BILLS PASSED BY CONGRESS IN 2014|url=http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2014/12/fitara-fisma-reform-5-key-tech-bills-passed-congress-2014/101916/|website=NextGov|accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bennett|first1=Cory|title=Federal data security bill heads to Obama's desk|url=http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/226740-federal-data-security-bill-heads-to-presidents-desk|website=The Hill|accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref>

An earlier version of the legislation was proposed by House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman [[Biography:Darrell Issa|Darrell Issa]] and co-sponsored by the Committee's Ranking Member Elijah Cummings as H.R.1163 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=H.R.1163 - Federal Information Security Amendment Act of 2013|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1163?|website=congress.gov|publisher=Library of Congress|accessdate=27 November 2018}}</ref> The bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on a vote of 416–0.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://harvardnsj.org/2014/02/the-current-landscape-of-cybersecurity-policy-legislative-issues-in-the-113th-congress/|title=FISMA Legislative Origin|last=Kominsky|first=Mitchell|date=February 6, 2014|website=Harvard Law National Security Journal}}</ref>

The final version of the legislation was introduced to the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs by Thomas Carper (D–DE) on June 24, 2014 and passed December 8, 2014 in the Senate and December 10, 2014 in the House.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/sp NIST Special Publications Library]
* [https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Risk-Management NIST FISMA Implementation Project Home Page]
* [https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-for-agencies/memoranda/ OMB Memoranda]
* [https://cyber.dhs.gov/directives/ DHS Directives (including Binding Operational Directives and Emergency Directives)]
* [http://fismapedia.org/ FISMApedia Project]
* [http://www.fismacenter.com/default.asp?lnc=resources FISMA Resources]

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