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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4512 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
Organization Act to establish a Digital Economy and Cybersecurity 
Board of Advisors, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2023 
Mr. PFLUGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act to establish a Digital 
Economy and Cybersecurity Board of Advisors, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Digital Economy Cy-
bersecurity Advisory Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. DIGITAL ECONOMY AND CYBERSECURITY BOARD 
OF ADVISORS. 
Part A of the National Telecommunications and In-
formation Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 
901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 106. DIGITAL ECONOMY AND CYBERSECURITY BOARD 
OF ADVISORS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the NTIA a Digital Economy and Cybersecurity Board of 
Advisors (in this section referred to as the ‘Board’). 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Board shall provide to the Assist-
ant Secretary recommendations (for implementation by 
the Assistant Secretary or that the Assistant Secretary 
could recommend for implementation by other appropriate 
entities) with respect to the following: 
‘‘(1) Technical cybersecurity best practices re-
garding how to drive economic growth while securing 
information and communications networks, including 
how to secure the Border Gateway Protocol used by 
Federal and non-Federal entities. 
‘‘(2) Cybersecurity policies to support the devel-
opment and implementation of cybersecurity prac-
tices with respect to the internet and information 
and communications networks. 
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‘‘(3) Policies that promote the security and re-
silience to cybersecurity incidents of information and 
communications networks while fostering innovation, 
including policies that promote secure supply chains 
for information and communications networks. 
‘‘(4) Policies to remove barriers to trust, secu-
rity, innovation, and commercialization with respect 
to information and communications networks. 
‘‘(c) MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(1) COMPOSITION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be 
composed of not fewer than 5, and not more 
than 25, members appointed by the Assistant 
Secretary. 
‘‘(B) EXPERTISE.—Each member of the 
Board shall have cybersecurity or supply chain 
security technical expertise, cybersecurity or 
supply chain security policy expertise, or exper-
tise in running the cybersecurity or supply 
chain security functions of a business. 
‘‘(C) REPRESENTATION.—In appointing 
members of the Board under subparagraph (A), 
the Assistant Secretary shall ensure that the 
members appointed provide a balanced rep-
resentation of the following: 
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‘‘(i) Chief cybersecurity officers or 
other qualified individuals employed in cy-
bersecurity positions, representing both the 
public and private sectors. 
‘‘(ii) Persons who operate or maintain 
information and communications networks. 
‘‘(iii) Vendors that produce or provide 
equipment used in information and com-
munications networks. 
‘‘(iv) Vendors that produce or provide 
software used in information and commu-
nications networks. 
‘‘(v) Persons who operate or maintain 
internet applications. 
‘‘(D) LIMITATION.—An individual who is a 
registered lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclo-
sure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) may 
not serve as a member of the Board. 
‘‘(2) TERMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraphs (C) and (D), each member of 
the Board shall be appointed for a term of a 
length not to exceed 2 years, to be determined 
by the Assistant Secretary. 
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