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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4163 
To establish a voluntary program to identify and promote Internet-connected 
products that meet industry-leading cybersecurity and data security 
standards, guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, and proc-
esses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 27, 2017 
Mr. TED LIEU of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a voluntary program to identify and promote 
Internet-connected products that meet industry-leading 
cybersecurity and data security standards, guidelines, 
best practices, methodologies, procedures, and processes. 
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 ‘‘Cyber Shield Act of 
2017’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
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(1) the term ‘‘Advisory Committee’’ means the 
Cyber Shield Advisory Committee established under 
section 3(a); 
(2) the term ‘‘benchmarks’’ means standards, 
guidelines, best practices, methodologies, procedures, 
and processes; 
(3) the term ‘‘covered product’’ means a con-
sumer-facing physical object that can— 
(A) connect to the Internet; and 
(B) collect, send, or receive data; 
(4) the term ‘‘Cyber Shield program’’ means 
the voluntary program established under section 
4(a)(1); and 
(5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Commerce. 
SEC. 3. CYBER SHIELD ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-
tablish a Cyber Shield Advisory Committee. 
(b) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Advisory 
Committee shall provide recommendations to the 
Secretary regarding— 
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(A) the format and content of the Cyber 
Shield labels required to be established under 
section 4; and 
(B) the process for identifying, estab-
lishing, reporting on, adopting, maintaining, 
and promoting compliance with the voluntary 
cybersecurity and data security benchmarks re-
quired to be established under section 4. 
(2) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY
OF
RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—The Advisory Committee shall publish, and 
provide the public with an opportunity to comment 
on, the recommendations provided to the Secretary 
under paragraph (1). 
(c) MEMBERS, CHAIRMAN, AND DUTIES.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall be composed of members appointed 
by the Secretary from among individuals who 
are specially qualified to serve on the Advisory 
Committee based on their education, training, 
or experience. 
(B) 
REPRESENTATION.—Members 
ap-
pointed under subparagraph (A) shall include— 
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(i) representatives of the covered 
products industry, including small, me-
dium, and large businesses; 
(ii) cybersecurity experts; 
(iii) public interest advocates; and 
(iv) Federal employees with expertise 
in certification, covered devices, or cyberse-
curity, including employees of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, the Federal Trade 
Commission, and the Federal Communica-
tions Commission. 
(C) LIMITATION.—In appointing members 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall en-
sure that— 
(i) each interest group described in 
clauses (i) through (iv) of subparagraph 
(B) is proportionally represented on the 
Advisory Committee, including— 
(I) businesses of each size de-
scribed in such clause (i); 
(II) Federal employees with ex-
pertise in each subject described in 
such clause (iv); and 
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