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The Improving Contractor Cybersecurity Act requires companies that hold federal information technology contracts to establish and maintain formal vulnerability disclosure policies. These policies must allow the public to anonymously report security flaws, clearly explain how to submit reports, establish timelines for responding to researchers, and guarantee that good-faith security researchers cannot be sued for following the policy. The legislation applies to all new federal IT contracts signed after the bill becomes law and affects any company seeking to contract with executive agencies for information technology work. Contractors must also report significant vulnerabilities to the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which will then share critical findings with national vulnerability databases to help protect government and industry systems. The bill does not include specific funding allocations, as it primarily establishes new contracting requirements that place responsibility on vendors to manage vulnerability disclosure programs.

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