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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‘‘(B) REAPPOINTMENT.—A member of the 
Board, including a member appointed to fill a 
vacancy as provided in subparagraph (D), may 
be reappointed for 1 or more additional terms 
by the Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(C) REMOVAL.—The Assistant Secretary 
may remove a member of the Board at the dis-
cretion of the Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(D) VACANCY.—Any member of the 
Board appointed to fill a vacancy occurring be-
fore the expiration of the term for which the 
predecessor of the member was appointed shall 
be appointed only for the remainder of such 
term. A vacancy in the Board shall be filled in 
the manner in which the original appointment 
was made. 
‘‘(3) CHAIR.—The Chair of the Board shall be 
the Associate Administrator of the National Tele-
communications and Information Administration for 
Policy Analysis and Development. 
‘‘(4) COMPENSATION.—The members of the 
Board shall serve without compensation. 
‘‘(d) SUBCOMMITTEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the approval of 
the Assistant Secretary, as the Assistant Secretary 
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determines necessary for the performance by the 
Board of the duties described in subsection (b), the 
Board 
may 
establish 
subcommittees, 
working 
groups, standing committees, ad hoc groups, task 
groups, or other subgroups of the Board. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.—Any subcommittee, working 
group, standing committee, ad hoc group, task 
group, or other subgroup of the Board established 
under paragraph (1) shall report to the Board and 
may not provide any advice, recommendation, or 
other work product directly to the Assistant Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—Notwithstanding section 1013 
of title 5, United States Code, the Board shall terminate 
on the date that is 4 years after the date of the enactment 
of this section. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL.—The term 
‘Border Gateway Protocol’ means the routing pro-
tocol used to exchange network layer reachability in-
formation among independently managed networks 
on the internet. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS NET-
WORK.—The term ‘information and communications 
network’ means a network that provides advanced 
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telecommunications capability (as defined in section 
706(d) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 
U.S.C. 1302(d))).’’. 
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