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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1398 

To promote the use of smart technologies and systems in communities, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 9, 2019 

Ms. CANTWELL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To promote the use of smart technologies and systems in 

communities, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2019’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Purpose. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—ENHANCING FEDERAL COORDINATION AND 

INVESTMENT IN SMART CITY OR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS 


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Sec. 101. Coordination of activities among Federal agencies. 

Sec. 102. Smart city and community resource guide. 

TITLE II—PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO CITIES AND COMMUNITIES 

Sec. 201. Technology demonstration grant program. 

Sec. 202. Cybersecurity Working Group. 

Sec. 203. TechHire Workforce Training and Development Program. 

Sec. 204. GAO study on innovative financing. 

TITLE III—IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND INTEROPERABILITY 

Sec. 301. Standards and interoperability framework. 

TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND BEST PRACTICES 

Sec. 401. Development of global smart city or community best practices. 

Sec. 402. Trade program. 

1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

2 The purpose of this Act is to promote smart tech3 nologies and systems to improve community livability, 

4 services, communication, safety, mobility, energy produc5 tivity, and resilience to natural and manmade disasters, 

6 to reduce costs, traffic congestion, and air pollution, and 

7 to promote economic growth and opportunities for commu8 nities of all sizes by— 

9 (1) improving Federal Government coordination 

10 and outreach with respect to smart city or commu11 nity technologies; 

12 (2) promoting the quality and performance of 

13 smart city or community technologies while pro14 tecting— 

15 (A) the security of data and systems; and 

16 (B) privacy; 


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1 (3) demonstrating the value and utility of 

2 smart, local government-owned and -operated serv3 ices through the development and implementation of 

4 performance standards; 

5 (4) providing assistance to local governments 

6 interested in implementing smart city or community 

7 technologies; 

8 (5) developing a workforce skilled in smart city 

9 or community technologies; and 

10 (6) expanding international cooperation and 

11 trade in smart city or community technologies. 

12 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

13 In this Act: 

14 (1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 

15 Interagency Council on Smart Cities established 

16 under section 101(a)(1)(A)(i). 

17 (2) DATA.—The term ‘‘data’’ includes informa18 tion and images. 

19 (3) LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD; 

20 STATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD.—The 

21 terms ‘‘local workforce development board’’ and 

22 ‘‘State workforce development board’’ have the 

23 meanings given the terms ‘‘local board’’ and ‘‘State 

24 board’’, respectively, in section 3 of the Workforce 

25 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 


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1 (4) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 

2 means the Secretary, acting in coordination with— 

3 (A) the Secretary of Energy; 

4 (B) the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

5 Development; 

6 (C) the Secretary of Transportation; 

7 (D) the Director of the National Science 

8 Foundation; and 

9 (E) as the Secretary determines to be ap10 propriate— 

11 (i) the Secretary of Health and 

12 Human Services; 

13 (ii) the Secretary of Homeland Secu14 rity; 

15 (iii) the Secretary of Labor; and 

16 (iv) the Secretary of State. 

17 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

18 the Secretary of Commerce. 

19 (6) SMART CITY OR COMMUNITY.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘smart city 

21 or community’’ means a community in which 

22 innovative, advanced, and trustworthy informa23 tion, communication, and energy technologies 

24 and related mechanisms are applied— 


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1 (i) to improve the health and quality 

2 of life of residents; 

3 (ii) to increase the efficiency and cost 

4 effectiveness of civic operations and serv5 ices; 

6 (iii) to promote economic growth; and 

7 (iv) to create a community that is 

8 safer and more secure, sustainable, resil9 ient, livable, and workable. 

10 (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘smart city 

11 or community’’ includes a local jurisdiction 

12 that— 

13 (i) gathers and incorporates data from 

14 systems, devices, and sensors embedded in 

15 civic systems and infrastructure to improve 

16 the effectiveness and efficiency of civic op17 erations and services; 

18 (ii) aggregates and analyzes gathered 

19 data; 

20 (iii) communicates the analysis and 

21 data in a variety of formats; 

22 (iv) makes corresponding improve23 ments to civic systems and services based 

24 on gathered data; 


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1 (v) coordinates with relevant public 

2 and private sector entities (including enti3 ties providing electric, water, telecommuni4 cations, energy, and transportation serv5 ices) to leverage the activities carried out 

6 by those entities; 

7 (vi) integrates measures— 

8 (I) to ensure the resilience of 

9 civic systems against cybersecurity 

10 threats and physical vulnerabilities 

11 and breaches; 

12 (II) to protect the private data of 

13 residents; and 

14 (III) to measure the impact of 

15 smart city or community technologies 

16 on the effectiveness and efficiency of 

17 civic operations and services; and 

18 (vii) promotes regional coordination of 

19 the activities described in clauses (i) 

20 through (vi). 

21 (7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 

22 (A) a State; 

23 (B) the District of Columbia; 

24 (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 

25 and 


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1 (D) any other territory or possession of the 

2 United States. 

3 (8) WORKING GROUP.—The term ‘‘Working 

4 Group’’ means the Cybersecurity Working Group es5 tablished under section 202(b)(1). 

6 TITLE I—ENHANCING FEDERAL 

7 COORDINATION AND INVEST8 MENT IN SMART CITY OR 

9 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS 

10 SEC. 101. COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES AMONG FEDERAL 

11 AGENCIES. 

12 (a) COORDINATION.— 

13 (1) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.— 

14 (A) FEDERAL COUNCIL.— 

15 (i) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secre16 taries shall establish a council of Federal 

17 agencies, to be known as the ‘‘Interagency 

18 Council on Smart Cities’’, to promote the 

19 coordination of the activities and funding 

20 from Federal agencies relating to smart 

21 cities or communities. 

22 (ii) MEMBERSHIP.—The Council 

23 shall— 

24 (I) be led by the Secretary; and 

25 (II) include— 


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1 (aa) the Secretary of En2 ergy; 

3 (bb) the Secretary of Hous4 ing and Urban Development; 

5 (cc) the Secretary of Trans6 portation; 

7 (dd) the Director of the Na8 tional Science Foundation; 

9 (ee) the heads of such other 

10 departments and agencies as the 

11 Secretary determines to be ap12 propriate, including— 

13 (AA) the Secretary of 

14 Homeland Security; 

15 (BB) the Secretary of 

16 Labor; and 

17 (CC) the Secretary of 

18 State; and 

19 (ff) such representatives of 

20 industry expert organizations and 

21 local government entities as the 

22 Secretary determines to be ap23 propriate. 

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1 graph (A), the Secretaries shall prioritize the 

2 conduct of Federal activities that would— 

3 (i) demonstrate smart city or commu4 nity technologies in repeatable ways that 

5 can rapidly be scaled; 

6 (ii) encourage public, private, re7 gional, national, and international sharing 

8 of data and best practices; 

9 (iii) encourage private sector innova10 tion by promoting industry-driven tech11 nology standards, open platforms, tech12 nology-neutral requirements, and inter13 operability; 

14 (iv) promote— 

15 (I) a skilled workforce; 

16 (II) an open and competitive 

17 global market for smart city or com18 munity technologies; 

19 (III) inclusion of all citizens, in20 cluding minority or disadvantaged 

21 groups; and 

22 (IV) protocols and standards that 

23 allow for the measurement and valida24 tion of the cost savings and perform25 ance improvements associated with 


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1 the installation and use of smart city 

2 or community technologies and prac3 tices; 

4 (v) foster the growth of the smart city 

5 or community technology industry and 

6 workforce in the United States; 

7 (vi) encourage the adoption of smart 

8 city or community technologies by commu9 nities; 

10 (vii) safeguard cybersecurity, includ11 ing by promoting industry practices re12 garding cybersecurity; and 

13 (viii) safeguard privacy and, in con14 sultation with cities, communities, and in15 dustry entities, establish parameters and 

16 best practices for the full life cycle man17 agement of all types of smart city or com18 munity data, including collection, storage, 

19 ownership, and sharing of data. 

20 (C) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretaries 

21 shall— 

22 (i) ensure that the Federal activities 

23 described in subparagraph (B) related to 

24 safeguarding cybersecurity take into ac25 count existing Federal, State, and local 


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1 frameworks, guidelines, and best practices 

2 when considering their application to smart 

3 city technologies; 

4 (ii) ensure that the Federal activities 

5 described in subparagraph (B) take into 

6 consideration software quality, especially 

7 as that quality impacts reproducibility, 

8 maintainability, reliability, and security, 

9 especially of high-confidence systems; 

10 (iii) conduct privacy impact assess11 ments for Federal activities that could neg12 atively affect privacy; and 

13 (iv) ensure the privacy of individuals 

14 through the use of technologies with inher15 ent privacy and security considerations. 

16 (2) STRATEGY.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, acting 

18 through the Council, in consultation with indus19 try entities, cities, and communities, shall de20 velop a multiyear strategy for— 

21 (i) the coordination of activities and 

22 funding under paragraph (1)(A); 

23 (ii) the development of partnerships 

24 with the private sector relating to smart 

25 cities or communities; and 


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1 (iii) the promotion of international co2 operation with respect to smart city or 

3 community technologies and standards. 

4 (B) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretaries shall 

5 coordinate with the heads of any applicable 

6 Federal agencies to leverage private sector and 

7 non-Federal public investment in smart city or 

8 community technologies consistent with the 

9 strategy developed under subparagraph (A). 

10 (3) ASSESSMENT.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

12 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

13 the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the 

14 heads of other applicable Federal agencies, shall 

15 coordinate with such private and public organi16 zations and units of local government as the 

17 Secretary of Labor determines to be appro18 priate regarding the preparation of a smart city 

19 or community technology workforce needs as20 sessment. 

21 (B) SUBMISSION.—On completion of the 

22 assessment prepared under subparagraph (A), 

23 the Secretary of Labor shall submit to the ap24 propriate committees of Congress and the 

25 Council the completed assessment. 


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1 (4) COORDINATION OF FUNDS.—In promoting 

2 the coordination of Federal funding relating to 

3 smart city or community activities under paragraph 

4 (1)(A) and in accordance with the strategy developed 

5 under paragraph (2)(A), each of the Secretaries 

6 shall— 

7 (A) track, with respect to the appropriate 

8 agency, the expenditures and planned expendi9 tures of Federal funds for smart city- or com10 munity-related activities, together with lever11 aged non-Federal matching funds; and 

12 (B) coordinate with the head of any other 

13 applicable Federal agency that allocates funds 

14 for smart city or community activities— 

15 (i) to achieve greater benefits from ac16 tivities using Federal funds; 

17 (ii) to produce integrated projects re18 lating to those activities; and 

19 (iii) to leverage complementary invest20 ments of other Federal agencies in those 

21 activities. 

22 (b) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION AND BIENNIAL

23 REPORT.—During the 6-year period beginning on the date 

24 of enactment of this Act— 


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1 (1) the head of each applicable Federal agency 

2 shall submit to the Secretary information for inclu3 sion in the report submitted under paragraph (2); 

4 and 

5 (2) not less frequently than once every 2 years, 

6 the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 

7 Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Energy 

8 and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Com9 mittees on Energy and Commerce and Transpor10 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent11 atives a report, based on the information under 

12 paragraph (1), that includes— 

13 (A) an update of the status of relevant 

14 smart city or community technology develop15 ments and applications, including broadband in16 frastructure; 

17 (B) a description of any related program 

18 or activity that is funded by the Federal agency 

19 during the period covered by the report; 

20 (C) the budget of the agency for sup21 porting smart city or community activities, as 

22 described in subsection (a)(4)(A); 

23 (D) any non-Federal cost-share contrib24 uted for activities for which Federal assistance 

25 is provided under this section; 


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1 (E) a description of the applicable strategy 

2 under subsection (a)(2)(A), including a descrip3 tion of how the relevant programs are pro4 gressing under that strategy; 

5 (F) a description of outreach activities con6 ducted under section 102(d), including the 

7 amount and type of assistance required by cities 

8 and communities to overcome barriers to imple9 menting smart city or community technologies, 

10 and any Federal actions that are needed to 

11 meet those needs; 

12 (G) a description of projects funded under 

13 section 201, including a description of— 

14 (i) project outcomes and performance; 

15 and 

16 (ii) the use of leveraged non-Federal 

17 funds; and 

18 (H) such other information as the Sec19 retary determines to be necessary. 

20 SEC. 102. SMART CITY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE. 

21 (a) PUBLICATION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, in coordina23 tion with the heads of any other applicable Federal 

24 agencies, shall create, publish, and maintain, for a 

25 period of at least 6 years beginning on the date that 


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1 is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, a 

2 resource guide designed to assist States and United 

3 States communities and cities in developing and im4 plementing smart city or community programs. 

5 (2) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—The Secretaries, 

6 in coordination with cities, communities, and indus7 try entities, shall determine which information shall 

8 be included in the guide under paragraph (1). 

9 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The guide published under 

10 subsection (a)— 

11 (1) shall be maintained electronically on a 

12 website; 

13 (2) shall be provided as an electronic reference 

14 guide available to the public free of charge; and 

15 (3) may include— 

16 (A) a compilation of existing related pro17 grams of the Federal Government available to 

18 communities, including technical assistance, 

19 education, training, research and development, 

20 analysis, and funding; 

21 (B) available examples of local govern22 ments engaging private sector entities in order 

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1 ance contracts and utility energy service con2 tracts or other innovative models, that could be 

3 used to leverage private sector funding to in4 crease energy productivity and reduce water, 

5 transportation, and other costs to cities and 

6 communities, including the results of the study 

7 under section 204; 

8 (C) available examples of proven methods 

9 for local governments and utilities to facilitate 

10 integration of smart technologies with new and 

11 existing infrastructure and systems; 

12 (D) best practices and lessons learned 

13 from technology demonstrations, including re14 turn on investment and performance informa15 tion to help cities decide how to initiate integra16 tion of smart technologies; 

17 (E) Federal, State, and local best practices 

18 for safeguarding cybersecurity and ensuring ap19 propriate data management and data privacy; 

20 (F) technical specifications for wireless or 

21 wired broadband infrastructure to support 

22 smart city technologies; and 

23 (G) such other topics as are requested by 

24 industry entities or local governments or deter25 mined to be necessary by the Secretaries. 


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1 (c) EXISTING GUIDES.—In creating, publishing, and 

2 maintaining the guide under subsection (a), the Secre3 taries shall consider Federal, State, and local guides pub4 lished before, on, or after the date of enactment of this 

5 Act relating to smart city or community goals, activities, 

6 and best practices— 

7 (1) to prevent duplication of efforts by the Fed8 eral Government; and 

9 (2) to leverage existing complementary efforts. 

10 (d) OUTREACH.—The Secretaries, in coordination 

11 with the heads of any applicable Federal agencies and in 

12 consultation with applicable private sector entities, shall 

13 conduct outreach to States, cities, and communities— 

14 (1) to provide interested States and cities with 

15 the guide published under subsection (a); 

16 (2) to promote the consideration of smart city 

17 or community technologies and encourage States 

18 and local governments to contribute smart city or 

19 community program and activity data to the guide 

20 published under subsection (a); 

21 (3) to identify— 

22 (A) barriers to smart city or community 

23 technology adoption; 


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1 (B) any research, development, and assist2 ance that is needed, including in Tribal, rural, 

3 and underserved communities; and 

4 (C) local government programs that could 

5 be included in the guide under subsection (a); 

6 (4) to respond to requests for assistance, ad7 vice, or consultation from cities; and 

8 (5) for other purposes, as identified by the Sec9 retaries. 

10 TITLE II—PROVIDING ASSIST11 ANCE TO CITIES AND COMMU12 NITIES 

13 SEC. 201. TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION GRANT PRO14 GRAM. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 

16 smart city or community regional demonstration grant 

17 program under which the Secretary shall conduct dem18 onstration projects focused on advanced smart city or 

19 community technologies and systems in a variety of com20 munities, including small- and medium-sized cities and 

21 rural and Tribal communities. 

22 (b) GOALS.—The goals of the program established 

23 under subsection (a) are— 

24 (1) to demonstrate— 


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1 (A) potential benefits of concentrated in2 vestments in smart city or community tech3 nologies that are repeatable and scalable across 

4 cities of different sizes; and 

5 (B) the efficiency, reliability, and resilience 

6 of civic infrastructure and services; 

7 (2) to facilitate the adoption of advanced smart 

8 city or community technologies and collaboration be9 tween small- and medium- to large-sized cities; and 

10 (3) to demonstrate protocols and standards that 

11 allow for the measurement and validation of the cost 

12 savings and performance improvements associated 

13 with the installation and use of smart city or com14 munity technologies and practices. 

15 (c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

16 (1) ELIGIBILITY.—Subject to paragraph (2), a 

17 unit of local government shall be eligible to receive 

18 a grant for a demonstration project under this sec19 tion. 

20 (2) APPLICATION; COOPERATION.—To qualify 

21 for a demonstration project under this section, a 

22 unit of local government shall— 

23 (A) submit to the Secretary an application 

24 for a grant for a demonstration project at such 


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1 time and containing such information as the 

2 Secretary may require; and 

3 (B) agree to follow applicable best prac4 tices identified by the Secretaries, in consulta5 tion with industry entities and institutions of 

6 higher education, to evaluate the effectiveness 

7 of the implemented smart city or community 

8 technologies to ensure that— 

9 (i) technologies and interoperability 

10 can be assessed; 

11 (ii) best practices can be shared; and 

12 (iii) data can be shared in a public, 

13 interoperable, and transparent format. 

14 (3) FEDERAL SHARE OF COST OF TECHNOLOGY

15 INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary— 

16 (A) subject to subparagraph (B), shall pro17 vide to a unit of local government selected 

18 under this section for the conduct of a dem19 onstration project a grant in an amount equal 

20 to not more than 50 percent of the total cost 

21 of technology investments to incorporate and 

22 assess qualifying smart city or community tech23 nologies in the applicable jurisdiction; but 


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1 (B) may waive the cost-share requirement 

2 of subparagraph (A) as the Secretary deter3 mines to be appropriate. 

4 (d) REQUIREMENT.—In conducting demonstration 

5 projects under this section, the Secretary shall— 

6 (1) develop competitive, technology-neutral re7 quirements; 

8 (2) seek to leverage ongoing or existing civic in9 frastructure investments; and 

10 (3) take into consideration the non-Federal cost 

11 share as a competitive criterion in applicant selec12 tion in order to leverage non-Federal investment. 

13 (e) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DATA AND RE14 PORTS.—The Secretary shall ensure that reports, public 

15 data sets, schematics, diagrams, and other works created 

16 using a grant provided under this section are— 

17 (1) available on a royalty-free, non-exclusive 

18 basis; and 

19 (2) open to the public to reproduce, publish, or 

20 otherwise use, without cost. 

21 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

22 authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (c) 

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1 SEC. 202. CYBERSECURITY WORKING GROUP. 

2 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con3 gress that— 

4 (1) the work conducted by the Internet Policy 

5 Task Force and the Digital Economy Leadership 

6 Team of the Department of Commerce to foster an 

7 enabling environment for Internet of Things tech8 nology to grow and thrive, allow the private sector 

9 to lead, and promote technology-neutral standards 

10 and consensus-based multistakeholder approaches to 

11 policymaking at local, Tribal, State, Federal, and 

12 international levels on issues ranging from the secu13 rity to the competitiveness of the United States is 

14 valuable and should be continued; and 

15 (2) the work conducted by the Department of 

16 Commerce and the National Telecommunications 

17 and Information Administration to create resources 

18 for communities seeking to adopt smart cities or 

19 communities technology is valuable and should be 

20 continued. 

21 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta23 tion with the Council, shall convene a multistake24 holder working group, to be known as the ‘‘Cyberse25 curity Working Group’’, to develop tools for commuVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:10 May 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1398.IS S1398

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1 nities to use to evaluate the cybersecurity of smart 

2 city or community technologies. 

3 (2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—In appointing members 

5 to the Working Group, the Secretary shall con6 sider appointing— 

7 (i) representatives of consumer 

8 groups; 

9 (ii) representatives of small units of 

10 local government, as determined by the 

11 Secretary; 

12 (iii) representatives of large units of 

13 local government, as determined by the 

14 Secretary; 

15 (iv) manufacturers of smart city or 

16 community devices, equipment, and soft17 ware; 

18 (v) individuals with expertise in com19 munications networks; 

20 (vi) Federal, State, and local law en21 forcement officials; 

22 (vii) individuals with other expertise 

23 necessary to carry out the duties of the 

24 Working Group; and 


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1 (viii) such representatives of the 

2 Council as the Secretary determines to be 

3 appropriate. 

4 (B) REPRESENTATION.—In appointing 

5 members to the Working Group, the Secretary 

6 shall ensure that the Working Group includes a 

7 multidisciplinary cross section of smart city or 

8 community stakeholders. 

9 (3) DUTIES.—The Working Group shall— 

10 (A) leverage and build on previous activi11 ties carried out by the Department of Com12 merce relating to Internet of Things technology; 

13 (B) develop tools for communities to evalu14 ate the cybersecurity of smart city or commu15 nity technology being considered by the commu16 nities for adoption in those communities; 

17 (C) develop tools for communities to pro18 tect against cybersecurity threats relevant to 

19 the technology the community has chosen to 

20 adopt; 

21 (D)(i) assess— 

22 (I) whether Internet of Things cyber23 security standards should exist; and 


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1 (II) whether the standards described 

2 in subclause (I) should be voluntary or 

3 mandatory; and 

4 (ii) identify which entity is appropriate to 

5 devise the standards described in clause (i)(I); 

6 and 

7 (E) submit to the Council a report that de8 scribes the findings of the Working Group. 

9 SEC. 203. TECHHIRE WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DEVEL10 OPMENT PROGRAM. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 

12 the date of enactment of this Act, based on findings from 

13 the needs assessment conducted under section 101(a)(3), 

14 the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary, 

15 shall establish a pilot program, to be known as the 

16 ‘‘TechHire Workforce Training and Development Pilot 

17 Program’’, under which the Secretary of Labor, during the 

18 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 

19 Act, shall provide to eligible entities, on a competitive 

20 basis, grants for technology-based job training and edu21 cation programs that provide industry-recognized creden22 tials. 

23 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—A job training and education 

24 program that is awarded a grant under this section 

25 shall— 


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1 (1) provide technology-based training across 2 

2 or more sectors; 

3 (2) focus on smart city or community tech4 nologies, systems, and infrastructure across all sec5 tors of the economy; 

6 (3) address privacy and cybersecurity consider7 ations; and 

8 (4) address smart city or community workforce 

9 needs identified by the Secretary of Labor, after 

10 consultation with other applicable Federal agencies. 

11 (c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a 

12 grant under this section, an entity shall be a public organi13 zation or an organization described in section 501(c) of 

14 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax15 ation under section 501(a) of that Code that— 

16 (1) includes an advisory board, which may be— 

17 (A)(i) a local workforce development board; 

18 (ii) a State workforce development board; 

19 or 

20 (iii) an appropriate subgroup of a local 

21 workforce development board or a State work22 force development board; or 

23 (B) a board of proportional participation, 

24 as determined by the Secretary of Labor, of rel25 evant organizations, including— 


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1 (i) relevant industry organizations, in2 cluding public and private employers; 

3 (ii) labor organizations; 

4 (iii) one or more units of local govern5 ment that are actively pursuing smart city 

6 or community programs; and 

7 (iv) postsecondary education organiza8 tions; 

9 (2) demonstrates experience in implementing 

10 and operating job training and education programs; 

11 (3) demonstrates the ability to recruit and sup12 port individuals who plan to work in a relevant sec13 tor on the successful completion of relevant job 

14 training and education programs; 

15 (4)(A) provides students who complete the 

16 training and education program with an industry17 recognized credential; or 

18 (B) uses a curriculum that has received exten19 sive feedback from employers; and 

20 (5) demonstrates successful outcomes con21 necting graduates of job training and education pro22 grams to quality jobs relevant to the job training 

23 and education programs. 

24 (d) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity seeking a 

25 grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary of 


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1 Labor an application at such time, in such manner, and 

2 containing such information as the Secretary of Labor 

3 may require. 

4 (e) PRIORITY.—In selecting eligible entities to receive 

5 grants under this section, the Secretary of Labor shall 

6 prioritize applicants that— 

7 (1)(A) are a local workforce development board 

8 or State workforce development board; or 

9 (B) demonstrate a strong partnership with a 

10 local workforce development board or State work11 force development board; 

12 (2) house the job training and education pro13 gram in— 

14 (A) a community college or institution of 

15 higher education that includes basic science, 

16 technology, and math education in the cur17 riculum of the community college or institution 

18 of higher education; or 

19 (B) an apprenticeship program registered 

20 with the Department of Labor or a State; 

21 (3) work with the Secretary of Defense or vet22 erans organizations to transition members of the 

23 Armed Forces and veterans to careers in a relevant 

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1 (4) include in the application an entity that re2 ceives State funding or is operated by a State agen3 cy; 

4 (5) include an apprenticeship program reg5 istered with the Department of Labor or a State as 

6 part of the job training and education program; 

7 (6) provide support services and career coach8 ing; 

9 (7) provide entry-level technology workforce 

10 training aimed at matching workers with well-paying 

11 jobs; or 

12 (8) propose to serve— 

13 (A) young adults between the ages of 16 

14 and 24; or 

15 (B) individuals with barriers to employ16 ment (as defined in section 3 of the Workforce 

17 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

18 3102)). 

19 (f) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION.—In making grants 

20 under this section, the Secretary of Labor shall consider 

21 regional diversity. 

22 (g) LIMITATION ON APPLICATIONS.—An eligible enti23 ty may not submit, either individually or as part of a joint 

24 application, more than 1 application for a grant under this 

25 section during any 1 fiscal year. 


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1 (h) LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The 

2 amount of a single grant provided under this section for 

3 any 1 year shall not exceed $5,000,000. 

4 (i) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share 

5 of the cost of a job training and education program carried 

6 out using a grant under this section shall be not less than 

7 25 percent of the total cost. 

8 (j) REDUCTION OF DUPLICATION.—Before submit9 ting an application for a grant under this section, each 

10 applicant shall— 

11 (1) consult with the heads of appropriate Fed12 eral agencies; and 

13 (2) coordinate the proposed activities of the ap14 plicant with existing State and local programs. 

15 (k) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 

16 Labor, in consultation with the Secretary, may provide 

17 technical assistance to eligible entities under subsection 

18 (c) to leverage the existing job training and education pro19 grams of the Department of Labor and other relevant pro20 grams at appropriate Federal agencies. 

21 (l) REPORT.—Not less frequently than once every 2 

22 years, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress, 

23 and make publicly available on the website of the Depart24 ment of Labor, a report on the program established under 

25 this section, including a description of— 


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1 (1) any entity that receives a grant under this 

2 section; 

3 (2) any activity carried out using the grants 

4 under this section; 

5 (3) best practices used to leverage the invest6 ment of the Federal Government under this section; 

7 and 

8 (4) an assessment of the results achieved by the 

9 program established under this section, including the 

10 rate of employment for participants after completing 

11 a job training and education program carried out 

12 using a grant under this section. 

13 (m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

14 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

15 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 

16 SEC. 204. GAO STUDY ON INNOVATIVE FINANCING. 

17 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

18 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

19 shall conduct a study to identify— 

20 (1) financial and procurement mechanisms cur21 rently available to public and private entities to fund 

22 smart city or community activities and associated 

23 demonstration projects, including ‘‘pay for perform24 ance’’ financing that could deliver measurable and 


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1 verifiable market and non-market values to smart 

2 cities or communities; 

3 (2) new, innovative financial and procurement 

4 mechanisms under development or used experi5 mentally that may be available, in the near term, to 

6 public and private entities to fund smart city or 

7 community activities and associated demonstration 

8 projects; 

9 (3) barriers to creative financing solutions for 

10 those activities and projects, including procurement 

11 barriers faced by State and local governments; and 

12 (4) ways to leverage private sector investments 

13 in smart cities and communities. 

14 TITLE III—IMPROVING PER15 FORMANCE AND INTEROPER16 ABILITY 

17 SEC. 301. STANDARDS AND INTEROPERABILITY FRAME18 WORK. 

19 (a) PARTICIPATION.—To strengthen the public-pri20 vate partnership approach to smart city- or community21 related standards development and interoperability, the 

22 Secretary, acting through the Director of the National In23 stitute of Standards and Technology, shall strongly en24 courage and support participation by Federal Government 

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1 that convene smart city or community stakeholders, in2 cluding representatives of applicable Federal agencies. 

3 (b) ACTIVITIES.—To promote innovation and eco4 nomic competitiveness and to achieve interoperability of 

5 smart city or community devices and systems, while 

6 strengthening the United States approach to private sec7 tor-led standardization activities and the participation of 

8 Federal representatives under subsection (a), the Sec9 retary, in consultation with private and public sector 

10 stakeholders, shall— 

11 (1) survey and review domestic and inter12 national smart city or community performance 

13 standards, existing architectures, applications, and 

14 deployments, and interoperability standards; 

15 (2) make consensus-based recommendations— 

16 (A) to identify gaps in the smart city or 

17 community performance standards and inter18 operability standards under paragraph (1); 

19 (B) to harmonize existing standards and 

20 deployment efforts and enable greater inter21 operability across smart city or community 

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1 ance standards and interoperability standards 

2 worldwide, including with respect to the need 

3 for testing and demonstration; and 

4 (D) for guidelines to enable interoperability 

5 in the collection, storage, ownership, and shar6 ing of data; 

7 (3) based on the recommendations under para8 graph (2), develop a consensus-based framework 

9 that includes protocols and model standards for the 

10 management and exchange of information, including 

11 existing guidelines, best practices, and industry con12 sensus standards; 

13 (4) ensure that cybersecurity and privacy are 

14 core elements of the recommended performance 

15 standards and interoperability standards; and 

16 (5) lead international coordination efforts to de17 velop industry-led, technology-neutral, voluntary, 

18 consensus-based global smart city or community per19 formance standards and interoperability standards. 


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1 TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL CO2 OPERATION AND BEST PRAC3 TICES 

4 SEC. 401. DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL SMART CITY OR COM5 MUNITY BEST PRACTICES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries may carry out ac7 tivities— 

8 (1) to enable cities and communities in the 

9 United States and other countries to work together 

10 toward shared smart city- or community-related 

11 goals; 

12 (2) to promote smart city or community solu13 tions that provide measurable benefits to local gov14 ernments and residents; 

15 (3) to enable an open, global market place for 

16 smart city or community technologies based on vol17 untary, consensus-based, and technology-neutral 

18 standards; and 

19 (4) to connect innovators from industry and 

20 academia to local governments to catalyze the emer21 gence of open and advanced technologies that— 

22 (A) meet community needs; and 

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1 (b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to 

2 in subsection (a) may include grants, contracts, chal3 lenges, prize competitions, public-private partnerships, 

4 and other innovative mechanisms. 

5 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

7 appropriated to the Secretaries to carry out this sec8 tion $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

9 through 2024. 

10 (2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Funds 

11 made available under paragraph (1) may not be used 

12 to provide assistance to— 

13 (A) a foreign country; or 

14 (B) a foreign company (excluding any 

15 United States subsidiary of a foreign holding 

16 company). 

17 SEC. 402. TRADE PROGRAM. 

18 The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 

19 State, such other members of the Council as the Secretary 

20 determines to be appropriate, and private stakeholders, 

21 shall establish a strategic international smart cities and 

22 communities trade program, which shall include trade mis23 sions— 

24 (1) to promote the export of United States 

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1 (2) to stimulate job growth in the United 

2 States; 

3 (3) to identify potential partners and strategies 

4 for United States companies in target foreign mar5 ket sectors; 

6 (4) to organize events with local governments, 

7 businesses, associations, academia, and other stake8 holders to promote smart city or community partner9 ships; 

10 (5) to assist in the development of competitive 

11 strategies and foreign market access for United 

12 States smart city or community technology business 

13 interests; 

14 (6) to assist in developing appropriate United 

15 States policy regarding United States business and 

16 international smart cities or communities business 

17 interests; 

18 (7) to assist in achieving United Nations 

19 Framework Convention on Climate Change commit20 ments; 

21 (8) to assist in lowering the cost to consumers 

22 of smart cities or communities technologies; 

23 (9) to leverage expertise in infrastructure to de24 liver solutions that can help make communities more 

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1 (10) to work with the United States Agency for 

2 International Development, the Overseas Private In3 vestment Corporation, and the Export-Import Bank 

4 of the United States to identify opportunities to fi5 nance international investment in United States 

6 smart cities or communities technology companies. 

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