Network Security Information Sharing Act of 2019

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a program to share information regarding supply chain security risks with trusted providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of communications equipment or services, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Network Security Information Sharing Act of 2019 2. Information sharing with trusted providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of communications equipment or services (a) Information sharing program (1) Establishment Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, including an opportunity for notice and comment, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Assistant Secretary, and the Commission, shall establish a program to share information regarding supply chain security risks with trusted providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of communications equipment or services. (2) Activities In carrying out the program established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— (A) conduct regular briefings and other events to share information with trusted providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of communications equipment or services; (B) engage with trusted providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of communications equipment or services, in particular such providers and suppliers that— (i) are small businesses; or (ii) primarily serve rural areas; (C) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a plan for— (i) declassifying material, when feasible, to help share information regarding supply chain security risks with trusted providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of communications equipment or services; and (ii) expediting and expanding the provision of security clearances to facilitate information sharing regarding supply chain security risks with trusted providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of communications equipment or services; and (D) ensure that the activities carried out through the program are consistent with and, to the extent practicable, integrated with, ongoing activities of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Commerce. (3) Scope of program The program established under paragraph (1) shall involve only the sharing of information regarding supply chain security risks by the Federal Government to trusted providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of communications equipment or services, and not the sharing of such information by such providers and suppliers to the Federal Government. (4) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. Such amounts are authorized to remain available through fiscal year 2025. (b) Representation on CSRIC of interests of public and consumers (1) In general The Commission shall appoint to the Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council (or any successor thereof), and to each subcommittee, workgroup, or other subdivision of the Council (or any such successor), at least one member to represent the interests of the public and consumers. (2) Initial appointments The Commission shall make the initial appointments required by paragraph (1) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. Any member so appointed shall be in addition to the members of the Council, or the members of the subdivision of the Council to which the appointment is being made, as the case may be, as of the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Advanced communications service The term advanced communications service advanced telecommunications capability 47 U.S.C. 1302 (2) Assistant Secretary The term Assistant Secretary (3) Commission The term Commission (4) Communications equipment or service The term communications equipment or service (5) Foreign adversary The term foreign adversary (6) Person The term person (7) Provider of advanced communications service The term provider of advanced communications service (8) Secretary The term Secretary (9) Supply chain security risk The term supply chain security risk (10) Trusted The term trusted

Summary: Network Security Information Sharing Act of 2019 This bill establishes a program to share information regarding supply chain security risks with trusted providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of communications equipment or services. Under the program, the Department of Homeland Security, in cooperation with certain agencies, must (1) share information with trusted providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of communications equipment or services, (2) engage in particular with trusted providers and suppliers that are small businesses or that primarily serve rural areas, and (3) submit a plan for declassifying material and expediting the provision of security clearances to aid in sharing information about supply chain security risks. The bill also requires the Federal Communications Commission to appoint at least one member, who shall represent the interests of the public and consumers, to the Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council.