[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4512 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4512

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
Organization Act to establish a Digital Economy and Cybersecurity Board 
                  of Advisors, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2023

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
Organization Act to establish a Digital Economy and Cybersecurity Board 
                  of Advisors, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Digital Economy Cybersecurity 
Advisory Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. DIGITAL ECONOMY AND CYBERSECURITY BOARD OF ADVISORS.

    Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 106. DIGITAL ECONOMY AND CYBERSECURITY BOARD OF ADVISORS.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established within the NTIA a 
Digital Economy and Cybersecurity Board of Advisors (in this section 
referred to as the `Board').
    ``(b) Duties.--The Board shall provide to the Assistant Secretary 
recommendations (for implementation by the Assistant Secretary or that 
the Assistant Secretary could recommend for implementation by other 
appropriate entities) with respect to the following:
            ``(1) Technical cybersecurity best practices regarding how 
        to drive economic growth while securing information and 
        communications networks, including how to secure the Border 
        Gateway Protocol used by Federal and non-Federal entities.
            ``(2) Cybersecurity policies to support the development and 
        implementation of cybersecurity practices with respect to the 
        internet and information and communications networks.
            ``(3) Policies that promote the security and resilience to 
        cybersecurity incidents of information and communications 
        networks while fostering innovation, including policies that 
        promote secure supply chains for information and communications 
        networks.
            ``(4) Policies to remove barriers to trust, security, 
        innovation, and commercialization with respect to information 
        and communications networks.
    ``(c) Members.--
            ``(1) Composition.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Board shall be composed of 
                not fewer than 5, and not more than 25, members 
                appointed by the Assistant Secretary.
                    ``(B) Expertise.--Each member of the Board shall 
                have cybersecurity or supply chain security technical 
                expertise, cybersecurity or supply chain security 
                policy expertise, or expertise in running the 
                cybersecurity or supply chain security functions of a 
                business.
                    ``(C) Representation.--In appointing members of the 
                Board under subparagraph (A), the Assistant Secretary 
                shall ensure that the members appointed provide a 
                balanced representation of the following:
                            ``(i) Chief cybersecurity officers or other 
                        qualified individuals employed in cybersecurity 
                        positions, representing both the public and 
                        private sectors.
                            ``(ii) Persons who operate or maintain 
                        information and communications networks.
                            ``(iii) Vendors that produce or provide 
                        equipment used in information and 
                        communications networks.
                            ``(iv) Vendors that produce or provide 
                        software used in information and communications 
                        networks.
                            ``(v) Persons who operate or maintain 
                        internet applications.
                    ``(D) Limitation.--An individual who is a 
                registered lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
                of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) may not serve as a 
                member of the Board.
            ``(2) Terms.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraphs (C) and (D), each member of the Board 
                shall be appointed for a term of a length not to exceed 
                2 years, to be determined by the Assistant Secretary.
                    ``(B) Reappointment.--A member of the Board, 
                including a member appointed to fill a vacancy as 
                provided in subparagraph (D), may be reappointed for 1 
                or more additional terms by the Assistant Secretary.
                    ``(C) Removal.--The Assistant Secretary may remove 
                a member of the Board at the discretion of the 
                Assistant Secretary.
                    ``(D) Vacancy.--Any member of the Board appointed 
                to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of 
                the term for which the predecessor of the member was 
                appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of 
                such term. A vacancy in the Board shall be filled in 
                the manner in which the original appointment was made.
            ``(3) Chair.--The Chair of the Board shall be the Associate 
        Administrator of the National Telecommunications and 
        Information Administration for Policy Analysis and Development.
            ``(4) Compensation.--The members of the Board shall serve 
        without compensation.
    ``(d) Subcommittees.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to the approval of the Assistant 
        Secretary, as the Assistant Secretary determines necessary for 
        the performance by the Board of the duties described in 
        subsection (b), the Board may establish subcommittees, working 
        groups, standing committees, ad hoc groups, task groups, or 
        other subgroups of the Board.
            ``(2) Authority.--Any subcommittee, working group, standing 
        committee, ad hoc group, task group, or other subgroup of the 
        Board established under paragraph (1) shall report to the Board 
        and may not provide any advice, recommendation, or other work 
        product directly to the Assistant Secretary.
    ``(e) Termination.--Notwithstanding section 1013 of title 5, United 
States Code, the Board shall terminate on the date that is 4 years 
after the date of the enactment of this section.
    ``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Border gateway protocol.--The term `Border Gateway 
        Protocol' means the routing protocol used to exchange network 
        layer reachability information among independently managed 
        networks on the internet.
            ``(2) Information and communications network.--The term 
        `information and communications network' means a network that 
        provides advanced telecommunications capability (as defined in 
        section 706(d) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 
        1302(d))).''.
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