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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To require the Federal Communications Commission to establish an Interagency Communications Security Committee, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Interagency Cybersecu5 rity Cooperation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY COM2 MITTEE. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 6 months after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Commu5 nications Commission shall establish an advisory com6 mittee to be known as the Interagency Communications 

7 Security Committee (in this section referred to as the 

8 ‘‘Committee’’). 

9 (b) DUTIES.—The Committee shall— 

10 (1) review each communications security report 

11 submitted to the Committee under subsection (d) or 

12 (f); 

13 (2) recommend investigation to relevant agen14 cies into any such communications security report; 

15 and 

16 (3) issue regular reports containing the results 

17 of any such investigation, the Committee’s findings 

18 following each communications security incident, and 

19 policy recommendations that may arise from each 

20 communications security incident to the following: 

21 (A) The agencies represented on the Com22 mittee. 

23 (B) The Committee on Energy and Com24 merce of the House of Representatives. 

25 (C) The Committee on Commerce, Science, 

26 and Transportation of the Senate. 


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1 (D) The Permanent Select Committee on 

2 Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

3 (E) The Select Committee on Intelligence 

4 of the Senate. 

5 (F) The Armed Services Committee of the 

6 House of Representatives. 

7 (G) The Armed Services Committee of the 

8 Senate. 

9 (H) The Committee on Homeland Security 

10 of the House of Representatives. 

11 (I) The Committee on Homeland Security 

12 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

13 (J) The Foreign Affairs Committee of the 

14 House of Representatives. 

15 (K) The Foreign Relations Committee of 

16 the Senate. 

17 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall be com18 posed of 8 members, who shall each possess the appro19 priate access to classified information commensurate with 

20 the sensitivity of the classified information such members 

21 shall access in the course of service on the Committee. The 

22 members of the Committee shall include only— 

23 (1) one appointee from the Commission, who 

24 shall not be a member of the Commission, to be apVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:44 Mar 09, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1340.IH H1340

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1 pointed by the Chair of the Commission, who shall 

2 serve as Chair of the Committee; 

3 (2) one appointee from the Department of De4 fense, to be appointed by the Secretary of Defense; 

5 (3) one appointee from the Department of 

6 Homeland Security, to be appointed by the Sec7 retary of Homeland Security; 

8 (4) one appointee from the Department of Jus9 tice, to be appointed by the Attorney General of the 

10 United States; 

11 (5) one appointee from the intelligence commu12 nity, to be appointed by the Director of National In13 telligence; 

14 (6) one appointee from the National Institute of 

15 Standards and Technology, to be appointed by the 

16 Director of the National Institute of Standards and 

17 Technology; 

18 (7) one appointee from the National Tele19 communications and Information Administration, to 

20 be appointed by the Assistant Secretary of Com21 merce for Communications and Information; and 

22 (8) one appointee from the Office of Manage23 ment and Budget, to be appointed by the Director 

24 of the Office of Management and Budget. 


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1 (d) PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY RE2 PORTS.—The Committee shall consider communications 

3 security reports from communications network providers. 

4 (e) APPLICATION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN5 FORMATION PROTECTIONS.—For purposes of subtitle B 

6 of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

7 131 et seq.)— 

8 (1) communications networks shall be treated 

9 as critical infrastructure and protected systems de10 fined in sections 2(4) and 212(6), respectively, of 

11 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

12 101(4); 6 U.S.C. 131(6)); and 

13 (2) with respect to critical infrastructure infor14 mation relating to communications networks, the 

15 Federal Communications Commission (in addition to 

16 the Department of Homeland Security) shall be 

17 treated as a covered Federal agency defined in sec18 tion 212(2) of such Act. 

19 (f) AGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY RE20 PORTS.—Not less frequently than every 3 months, the 

21 head of each agency shall submit to the Committee a re22 port of each communications security incident for the pre23 vious 3 months. 


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1 (g) CONTINUATION OF COMMITTEE.—Section 14 of 

2 the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) does 

3 not apply to the Committee. 

4 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

6 meaning given that term in section 3502 of title 44, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (2) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.—In this sec9 tion, the term ‘‘communications network’’ means a 

10 network for the provision of wireline or mobile tele11 phone service, Internet access service, radio or tele12 vision broadcasting, cable service, direct broadcast 

13 satellite service, or any other communications serv14 ice. 

15 (3) COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY INCIDENT.— 

16 The term ‘‘communications security incident’’ means 

17 any compromise, whether electronic or otherwise, of 

18 any telecommunications system that the agency has 

19 reason to believe— 

20 (A) resulted in Government-held or private 

21 information, including passwords and other 

22 similar means of access, being viewed or ex23 tracted; or 


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1 (B) resulted in the presence of outside pro2 gramming on an agency computer or other elec3 tronic device. 

4 (4) COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY REPORT.—The 

5 term ‘‘communications security report’’ means a de6 scription of a communications security incident or 

7 multiple communications security incidents referred 

8 to the Committee. 

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