[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1340 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1340
To require the Federal Communications Commission to establish an
Interagency Communications Security Committee, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 2, 2017
Mr. Engel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To require the Federal Communications Commission to establish an
Interagency Communications Security Committee, 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 ``Interagency Cybersecurity
Cooperation Act''.
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY COMMITTEE.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall
establish an advisory committee to be known as the Interagency
Communications Security Committee (in this section referred to as the
``Committee'').
(b) Duties.--The Committee shall--
(1) review each communications security report submitted to
the Committee under subsection (d) or (f);
(2) recommend investigation to relevant agencies into any
such communications security report; and
(3) issue regular reports containing the results of any
such investigation, the Committee's findings following each
communications security incident, and policy recommendations
that may arise from each communications security incident to
the following:
(A) The agencies represented on the Committee.
(B) The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
House of Representatives.
(C) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate.
(D) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
of the House of Representatives.
(E) The Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate.
(F) The Armed Services Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(G) The Armed Services Committee of the Senate.
(H) The Committee on Homeland Security of the House
of Representatives.
(I) The Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
(J) The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(K) The Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate.
(c) Membership.--The Committee shall be composed of 8 members, who
shall each possess the appropriate access to classified information
commensurate with the sensitivity of the classified information such
members shall access in the course of service on the Committee. The
members of the Committee shall include only--
(1) one appointee from the Commission, who shall not be a
member of the Commission, to be appointed by the Chair of the
Commission, who shall serve as Chair of the Committee;
(2) one appointee from the Department of Defense, to be
appointed by the Secretary of Defense;
(3) one appointee from the Department of Homeland Security,
to be appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Security;
(4) one appointee from the Department of Justice, to be
appointed by the Attorney General of the United States;
(5) one appointee from the intelligence community, to be
appointed by the Director of National Intelligence;
(6) one appointee from the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, to be appointed by the Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology;
(7) one appointee from the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, to be appointed by the Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information; and
(8) one appointee from the Office of Management and Budget,
to be appointed by the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget.
(d) Public Communications Security Reports.--The Committee shall
consider communications security reports from communications network
providers.
(e) Application of Critical Infrastructure Information
Protections.--For purposes of subtitle B of title II of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 131 et seq.)--
(1) communications networks shall be treated as critical
infrastructure and protected systems defined in sections 2(4)
and 212(6), respectively, of the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(6 U.S.C. 101(4); 6 U.S.C. 131(6)); and
(2) with respect to critical infrastructure information
relating to communications networks, the Federal Communications
Commission (in addition to the Department of Homeland Security)
shall be treated as a covered Federal agency defined in section
212(2) of such Act.
(f) Agency Communications Security Reports.--Not less frequently
than every 3 months, the head of each agency shall submit to the
Committee a report of each communications security incident for the
previous 3 months.
(g) Continuation of Committee.--Section 14 of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) does not apply to the Committee.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given that
term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.
(2) Communications network.--In this section, the term
``communications network'' means a network for the provision of
wireline or mobile telephone service, Internet access service,
radio or television broadcasting, cable service, direct
broadcast satellite service, or any other communications
service.
(3) Communications security incident.--The term
``communications security incident'' means any compromise,
whether electronic or otherwise, of any telecommunications
system that the agency has reason to believe--
(A) resulted in Government-held or private
information, including passwords and other similar
means of access, being viewed or extracted; or
(B) resulted in the presence of outside programming
on an agency computer or other electronic device.
(4) Communications security report.--The term
``communications security report'' means a description of a
communications security incident or multiple communications
security incidents referred to the Committee.
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