[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6550 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6550

        To establish an advisory committee on national security 
                          telecommunications.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2012

 Mr. Sullivan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
        To establish an advisory committee on national security 
                          telecommunications.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SECURITY 
              ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information (in this section referred to as the 
``Assistant Secretary'') shall establish, in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), an advisory committee 
to be known as the ``National Telecommunications and Information 
Security Advisory Committee'' (in this section referred to as the 
``Committee'').
    (b) Duties.--The Committee shall--
            (1) provide to the Assistant Secretary information and 
        advice from the perspective of the telecommunications industry 
        on national security telecommunications, including--
                    (A) information and advice on the implementation of 
                Presidential Directive 53, National Security 
                Telecommunications Policy (in this section referred to 
                as ``PD/NSC-53'');
                    (B) information and advice on the feasibility of 
                implementing specific measures to improve the 
                telecommunications aspects of the national security 
                posture of the United States; and
                    (C) technical information and advice on the 
                identification and solution of problems that the 
                Committee considers will affect national security 
                telecommunications capability;
            (2) conduct reviews and assessments of the effectiveness of 
        the implementation of PD/NSC-53; and
            (3) submit to the Assistant Secretary periodic reports on 
        the matters described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) Number and appointment.--The Committee shall be 
        composed of not more than 30 members, to be appointed by the 
        Assistant Secretary.
            (2) Qualifications.--Each member of the Committee shall 
        have particular knowledge and expertise in the field of 
        telecommunications and represent elements of the 
        telecommunications industry of the United States.
            (3) Chair and vice chair.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
        annually designate from among the members of the Committee a 
        Chair and a Vice Chair of the Committee.
            (4) Service without pay.--The members of the Committee 
        shall serve without pay.
            (5) Travel expenses.--Each member of the Committee shall 
        receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
        subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions under 
        subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Subcommittees and Working Groups.--The Committee may establish 
appropriate subcommittees or working groups composed, in whole or in 
part, of individuals who are not members of the Committee.
    (e) Information Sharing.--The head of an Executive agency (as 
defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) shall, to the 
extent permitted by law, provide to the Committee such information with 
respect to national security telecommunications matters as the 
Committee may require for the purpose of carrying out its duties under 
this section.
    (f) Protection of Information.--
            (1) In general.--No information provided to the Committee 
        by any person may be made available for public inspection.
            (2) Certain provisions inapplicable.--Subsections (a)(1), 
        (b), and (d) of section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee 
        Act, subsection (a)(3) of such section insofar as it relates to 
        attendance at a meeting of or appearance before the Committee, 
        sections 11 and 13 of such Act, and section 552 of title 5, 
        United States Code, do not apply to the Committee.
    (g) Termination; Renewal.--The Committee shall terminate not later 
than the date that is 2 years after the date of its establishment, 
unless the Assistant Secretary renews the Committee under the 
procedures set forth in the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

SEC. 2. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act may be construed to grant any authority to the 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to 
adopt rules or regulations or to impose binding obligations on 
businesses or consumers.
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