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The bill directs GAO to identify Federal cybersecurity help and financing gaps for small businesses—improving information for owners and policymakers—while simultaneously prohibiting new appropriations, meaning it informs but does not by itself fund or deliver remedies.
Small-business owners gain a clearer, consolidated picture of available Federal cybersecurity assistance, gaps, and potential financing sources, enabling better planning and access to tools/services in the future.
Taxpayers will not face new direct federal spending to implement the Act because the bill expressly prohibits any appropriations to carry it out.
Policymakers (House and Senate Small Business committees and relevant federal officials) receive GAO findings and recommendations, improving oversight and enabling more targeted legislative or funding responses if acted upon.
Small businesses and other stakeholders will not receive immediate funding or new Federal services because the bill only requires a study and explicitly bars new appropriations, so identified needs may go unmet.
If GAO recommendations are not implemented, small businesses and taxpayers could be left with raised expectations but no concrete improvements in coordination, funding, or assistance.
Producing the GAO study uses agency staff time and resources and imposes costs on taxpayers without delivering direct services.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Requires GAO to study federal cybersecurity assistance for small businesses and report findings and recommendations to congressional small business committees; no funding is authorized.
Requires the Government Accountability Office to study federal cybersecurity programs, tools, and services aimed at helping small businesses identify risks, improve preparedness, mitigate and recover from cyberattacks and scams, and find sources of capital to carry out those activities. The GAO must report findings, gaps, and recommendations to the House and Senate small business committees. The Act authorizes no appropriations and contains no new funding.
Official title: To require the Comptroller General to evaluate Federal cybersecurity assistance to small business concerns, and for other purposes.
Introduced May 19, 2026 by Lateefah Simon · Last progress June 24, 2026