119-hr1495

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1495 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1495

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

 February 21, 2025

 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 2025''.

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:

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

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    (a) Establishment.--There is established within the NTIA a 
Digital Economy and Cybersecurity Board of Advisors (in this section 
referred to as the `Board').
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    (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:
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    (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.
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    (2) Cybersecurity policies to support the development and 
 implementation of cybersecurity practices with respect to the 
 internet and information and communications networks.
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    (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.
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    (4) Policies to remove barriers to trust, security, 
 innovation, and commercialization with respect to information 
 and communications networks.
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            (c) Members.--
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    (1) Composition.--
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        (A) In general.--The Board shall be composed of 
 not fewer than 5, and not more than 25, members 
 appointed by the Assistant Secretary.
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        (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.
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            (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:
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            (i) Chief cybersecurity officers or other 
 qualified individuals employed in cybersecurity 
 positions, representing both the public and 
 private sectors.
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            (ii) Persons who operate or maintain 
 information and communications networks.
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            (iii) Vendors that produce or provide 
 equipment used in information and 
 communications networks.
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            (iv) Vendors that produce or provide 
 software used in information and communications 
 networks.
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            (v) Persons who operate or maintain 
 internet applications.
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            (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.
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    (2) Terms.--
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        (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.
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        (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.
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            (C) Removal.--The Assistant Secretary may remove 
 a member of the Board at the discretion of the 
 Assistant Secretary.
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            (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.
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    (3) Chair.--The Chair of the Board shall be the Associate 
 Administrator of the National Telecommunications and 
 Information Administration for Policy Analysis and Development.
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    (4) Compensation.--The members of the Board shall serve 
 without compensation.
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            (d) Subcommittees.--
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    (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.
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    (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.
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    (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.
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    (f) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:
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    (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.
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    (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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