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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3895 
To promote the use of smart technologies and systems in communities, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 2, 2017 
Ms. DELBENE (for herself and Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and 
Technology, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To promote the use of smart technologies and systems in 
communities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purpose. 
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Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—ENHANCING FEDERAL COORDINATION AND 
INVESTMENT IN SMART CITY OR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS 
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. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to promote smart tech-
nologies and systems to improve community livability, 
services, communication, safety, mobility, energy produc-
tivity, and resilience to natural and manmade disasters, 
to reduce costs, traffic congestion, and air pollution, and 
to promote economic growth and opportunities for commu-
nities of all sizes by— 
(1) improving Federal Government coordination 
and outreach with respect to smart city or commu-
nity technologies; 
(2) promoting the quality and performance of 
smart city or community technologies while pro-
tecting— 
(A) the security of data and systems; and 
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(B) privacy; 
(3) demonstrating the value and utility of 
smart, local government-owned and -operated serv-
ices through the development and implementation of 
performance standards; 
(4) providing assistance to local governments 
interested in implementing smart city or community 
technologies; 
(5) developing a workforce skilled in smart city 
or community technologies; and 
(6) expanding international cooperation and 
trade in smart city or community technologies. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
Interagency Council on Smart Cities established 
under section 101(a)(1)(A)(i). 
(2) DATA.—The term ‘‘data’’ includes informa-
tion and images. 
(3) LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD; 
STATE
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
BOARD.—The 
terms ‘‘local workforce development board’’ and 
‘‘State workforce development board’’ have the 
meanings given the terms ‘‘local board’’ and ‘‘State 
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board’’, respectively, in section 3 of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(4) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means the Secretary, acting in coordination with— 
(A) the Secretary of Energy; 
(B) the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development; 
(C) the Secretary of Transportation; 
(D) the Director of the National Science 
Foundation; and 
(E) as the Secretary determines to be ap-
propriate— 
(i) the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services; 
(ii) the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity; 
(iii) the Secretary of Labor; and 
(iv) the Secretary of State. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
(6) SMART CITY OR COMMUNITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘smart city 
or community’’ means a community in which 
innovative, advanced, and trustworthy informa-
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tion, communication, and energy technologies 
and related mechanisms are applied— 
(i) to improve the health and quality 
of life of residents; 
(ii) to increase the efficiency and cost 
effectiveness of civic operations and serv-
ices; 
(iii) to promote economic growth; and 
(iv) to create a community that is 
safer and more secure, sustainable, resil-
ient, livable, and workable. 
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘smart city 
or community’’ includes a local jurisdiction 
that— 
(i) gathers and incorporates data from 
systems, devices, and sensors embedded in 
civic systems and infrastructure to improve 
the effectiveness and efficiency of civic op-
erations and services; 
(ii) aggregates and analyzes gathered 
data; 
(iii) communicates the analysis and 
data in a variety of formats; 
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(iv) makes corresponding improve-
ments to civic systems and services based 
on gathered data; 
(v) coordinates with relevant public 
and private sector entities (including enti-
ties providing electric, water, telecommuni-
cations, energy, and transportation serv-
ices) to leverage the activities carried out 
by those entities; 
(vi) integrates measures— 
(I) to ensure the resilience of 
civic systems against cybersecurity 
threats and physical vulnerabilities 
and breaches; 
(II) to protect the private data of 
residents; and 
(III) to measure the impact of 
smart city or community technologies 
on the effectiveness and efficiency of 
civic operations and services; and 
(vii) promotes regional coordination of 
the activities described in clauses (i) 
through (vi). 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
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(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
and 
(D) any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
(8) WORKING
GROUP.—The term ‘‘Working 
Group’’ means the Cybersecurity Working Group es-
tablished under section 202(b)(1). 
TITLE I—ENHANCING FEDERAL 
COORDINATION AND INVEST-
MENT IN SMART CITY OR 
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 101. COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES AMONG FEDERAL 
AGENCIES. 
(a) COORDINATION.— 
(1) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.— 
(A) FEDERAL COUNCIL.— 
(i) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secre-
taries shall establish a council of Federal 
agencies, to be known as the ‘‘Interagency 
Council on Smart Cities’’, to promote the 
coordination of the activities and funding 
from Federal agencies relating to smart 
cities or communities. 
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(ii) 
MEMBERSHIP.—The 
Council 
shall— 
(I) be led by the Secretary; and 
(II) include— 
(aa) the Secretary of En-
ergy; 
(bb) the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development; 
(cc) the Secretary of Trans-
portation; 
(dd) the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation; 
(ee) the heads of such other 
departments and agencies as the 
Secretary determines to be ap-
propriate, including— 
(AA) the Secretary of 
Homeland Security; 
(BB) the Secretary of 
Labor; and 
(CC) the Secretary of 
State; and 
(ff) such representatives of 
industry expert organizations and 
local government entities as the 
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Secretary determines to be ap-
propriate. 
(B) PRIORITIZATION.—For purposes of co-
ordinating Federal activities under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretaries shall prioritize the 
conduct of Federal activities that would— 
(i) demonstrate smart city or commu-
nity technologies in repeatable ways that 
can rapidly be scaled; 
(ii) encourage public, private, re-
gional, national, and international sharing 
of data and best practices; 
(iii) encourage private sector innova-
tion by promoting industry-driven tech-
nology standards, open platforms, tech-
nology-neutral requirements, and inter-
operability; 
(iv) promote— 
(I) a skilled workforce; 
(II) an open and competitive 
global market for smart city or com-
munity technologies; 
(III) inclusion of all citizens, in-
cluding minority or disadvantaged 
groups; and 
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(IV) protocols and standards that 
allow for the measurement and valida-
tion of the cost savings and perform-
ance improvements associated with 
the installation and use of smart city 
or community technologies and prac-
tices; 
(v) foster the growth of the smart city 
or community technology industry and 
workforce in the United States; 
(vi) encourage the adoption of smart 
city or community technologies by commu-
nities; 
(vii) safeguard cybersecurity, includ-
ing by promoting industry practices re-
garding cybersecurity; and 
(viii) safeguard privacy and, in con-
sultation with cities, communities, and in-
dustry entities, establish parameters and 
best practices for the full life cycle man-
agement of all types of smart city or com-
munity data, including collection, storage, 
ownership, and sharing of data. 
(C) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretaries 
shall— 
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(i) ensure that the Federal activities 
described in subparagraph (B) related to 
safeguarding cybersecurity take into ac-
count existing Federal, State, and local 
frameworks, guidelines, and best practices 
when considering their application to smart 
city technologies; 
(ii) ensure that the Federal activities 
described in subparagraph (B) take into 
consideration software quality, especially 
as that quality impacts reproducibility, 
maintainability, reliability, and security, 
especially of high-confidence systems; 
(iii) conduct privacy impact assess-
ments for Federal activities that could neg-
atively affect privacy; and 
(iv) ensure the privacy of individuals 
through the use of technologies with inher-
ent privacy and security considerations. 
(2) STRATEGY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, acting 
through the Council, in consultation with indus-
try entities, cities, and communities, shall de-
velop a multiyear strategy for— 
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(i) the coordination of activities and 
funding under paragraph (1)(A); 
(ii) the development of partnerships 
with the private sector relating to smart 
cities or communities; and 
(iii) the promotion of international co-
operation with respect to smart city or 
community technologies and standards. 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretaries shall 
coordinate with the heads of any applicable 
Federal agencies to leverage private sector and 
non-Federal public investment in smart city or 
community technologies consistent with the 
strategy developed under subparagraph (A). 
(3) ASSESSMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the 
heads of other applicable Federal agencies, shall 
coordinate with such private and public organi-
zations and units of local government as the 
Secretary of Labor determines to be appro-
priate regarding the preparation of a smart city 
or community technology workforce needs as-
sessment. 
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