Title: Cyber Shield Act of 2017
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Cyber Shield Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a Cyber Shield Advisory Committee to recommend (1) the format and content of Cyber Shield labels for covered products (i.e., consumer-facing physical objects that can connect to the Internet and collect, send, or receive data); and (2) the process to identify, establish, report on, adopt, maintain, and promote compliance with industry-leading cybersecurity and data security benchmarks to enhance cybersecurity and protect data.
In addition, Commerce must establish a Cyber Shield voluntary program to identify, certify, and label such covered products.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4163 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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 processes.


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                    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

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                                 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 Representatives 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--
            (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 consumer-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 establish 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--
                    (A) the format and content of the Cyber Shield 
                labels required to be established under section 4; and
                    (B) the process for identifying, establishing, 
                reporting on, adopting, maintaining, and promoting 
                compliance with the voluntary cybersecurity and data 
                security benchmarks required to be established under 
                section 4.
            (2) Public availability of recommendations.--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 Committee 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 appointed under 
                subparagraph (A) shall include--
                            (i) representatives of the covered products 
                        industry, including small, medium, and large 
                        businesses;
                            (ii) cybersecurity experts;
                            (iii) public interest advocates; and
                            (iv) Federal employees with expertise in 
                        certification, covered devices, or 
                        cybersecurity, including employees of the 
                        Department of Commerce, the Federal Trade 
                        Commission, and the Federal Communications 
                        Commission.
                    (C) Limitation.--In appointing members under 
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure 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 
                                described in such clause (i);
                                    (II) Federal employees with 
                                expertise in each subject described in 
                                such clause (iv); and
                                    (III) Federal employees from each 
                                agency described in such clause (iv); 
                                and
                            (ii) no single interest group is 
                        represented by a majority of the members of the 
                        Advisory Committee.
            (2) Chair.--The Secretary shall designate a member of the 
        Advisory Committee to serve as Chair.
            (3) Pay.--Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve 
        without pay, except that the Secretary may allow a member, 
        while attending meetings of the Advisory Committee or a 
        subcommittee of the Advisory Committee, expenses authorized 
        under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, relating to 
        per diem, travel, and transportation.
    (d) Support Staff; Administrative Services.--
            (1) Support staff.--The Secretary shall provide support 
        staff for the Advisory Committee.
            (2) Administrative services.--Upon request by the Advisory 
        Committee, the Secretary shall provide any information, 
        administrative services, and supplies that the Secretary 
        considers necessary for the Advisory Committee to carry out its 
        duties and powers.
    (e) No Termination.--Section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Advisory Committee.

SEC. 4. CYBER SHIELD PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment of Program.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a voluntary 
        program to identify and certify covered products with superior 
        cybersecurity and data security through voluntary certification 
        and labeling of, and other forms of communication about, 
        covered products and subsets of covered products that meet 
        industry-leading cybersecurity and data security benchmarks to 
        enhance cybersecurity and protect data.
            (2) Grades.--Labels applied to products under the Cyber 
        Shield program--
                    (A) may be digital; and
                    (B) may be in the form of different grades that 
                display the extent to which a product meets the 
                industry-leading cybersecurity and data security 
                benchmarks.
    (b) Consultation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a process for 
consulting interested parties, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and other Federal agencies in carrying out the Cyber Shield 
program.
    (c) Duties.--In carrying out the Cyber Shield program, the 
Secretary--
            (1) shall--
                    (A) establish and maintain cybersecurity and data 
                security benchmarks, by convening and consulting 
                interested parties and other Federal agencies, for 
                products with the Cyber Shield label to ensure that 
                those products perform better than their less secure 
                counterparts; and
                    (B) in carrying out subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) engage in an open public review and 
                        comment process;
                            (ii) in consultation with the Advisory 
                        Committee, identify and apply cybersecurity and 
                        data security benchmarks to different subsets 
                        of covered products based on--
                                    (I) cybersecurity and data security 
                                risk;
                                    (II) the sensitivity of the 
                                information collected, transmitted, or 
                                stored by the product; and
                                    (III) product functionality; and
                            (iii) to the extent possible, incorporate 
                        existing benchmarks when establishing and 
                        maintaining cybersecurity and data security 
                        benchmarks;
            (2) may not establish benchmarks under paragraph (1) that 
        are--
                    (A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, 
                or otherwise not in accordance with law; or
                    (B) unsupported by evidence;
            (3) shall permit a manufacturer or distributor of a covered 
        product to display a Cyber Shield label reflecting the extent 
        to which the product meets the industry-leading cybersecurity 
        and data security benchmarks established under paragraph (1);
            (4) shall promote technologies that are compliant with the 
        cybersecurity and data security benchmarks established by the 
        Secretary as the preferred technologies in the marketplace 
        for--
                    (A) enhancing cybersecurity; and
                    (B) protecting data;
            (5) shall work to enhance public awareness of the Cyber 
        Shield label, including through public outreach, education, 
        research and development, and other means;
            (6) shall preserve the integrity of the Cyber Shield label;
            (7) if helpful in fulfilling the obligation under paragraph 
        (6), may elect to not treat a covered product as a Cyber 
        Shield-certified product until the product meets appropriate 
        conformity standards, which may include--
                    (A) testing by an accredited third-party certifying 
                laboratory or other entity in accordance with the Cyber 
                Shield program; and
                    (B) certification by the laboratory or entity 
                described in subparagraph (A) as meeting the applicable 
                cybersecurity and data security benchmarks established 
                by the Secretary;
            (8) not less frequently than once every 2 years after 
        establishing cybersecurity and data security benchmarks for a 
        product category under paragraph (1), shall review and, if 
        appropriate, update the cybersecurity and data security 
        benchmarks for that product category;
            (9) shall solicit comments from interested parties and the 
        Advisory Committee prior to establishing or revising a Cyber 
        Shield product category or benchmark (or prior to the effective 
        date of the establishment or revision of a product category or 
        benchmark);
            (10) upon adoption of a new or revised product category or 
        benchmark, shall provide reasonable notice to interested 
        parties of any changes (including effective dates) to product 
        categories or benchmarks, along with--
                    (A) an explanation of the changes; and
                    (B) as appropriate, responses to comments submitted 
                by interested parties; and
            (11) shall provide appropriate lead time prior to the 
        applicable effective date for a new or a significant revision 
        to a product category or benchmark, taking into account the 
        timing requirements of the manufacturing, product marketing, 
        and distribution process for the product or products addressed.
    (d) Deadlines.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall establish cybersecurity and data 
security benchmarks for covered products under subsection (c)(1), which 
shall take effect not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
benchmarks are established.
    (e) Administration.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Advisory Committee, may enter into a contract with a third party to 
administer the Cyber Shield program if--
            (1) the third party is an impartial administrator; and
            (2) entering into the contract improves the cybersecurity 
        and data security of covered products.
    (f) Program Evaluation.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 4 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than every 2 
        years thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of 
        Commerce shall evaluate the Cyber Shield program.
            (2) Requirements.--In conducting an evaluation under 
        paragraph (1), the Inspector General of the Department of 
        Commerce shall--
                    (A) evaluate the extent to which the cybersecurity 
                and data security benchmarks established under the 
                Cyber Shield program address cybersecurity and data 
                security threats;
                    (B) assess how the benchmarks have evolved to meet 
                emerging cybersecurity and data security threats;
                    (C) conduct covert testing to evaluate the 
                integrity of certification testing; and
                    (D) assess the costs to businesses of participating 
                in the Cyber Shield program.

SEC. 5. CYBER SHIELD DIGITAL PRODUCT PORTAL.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall make publicly available on the 
website of the Department of Commerce in a searchable format--
            (1) a web page providing information about the Cyber Shield 
        program; and
            (2) a database of covered products certified under the 
        Cyber Shield program.
    (b) Requirements.--The database established under subsection (a) 
shall include--
            (1) the cybersecurity and data security benchmarks for each 
        product category; and
            (2) for each covered product certified under the Cyber 
        Shield program--
                    (A) the certification for the product;
                    (B) the name and manufacturer of the product;
                    (C) the contact information for the manufacturer;
                    (D) the functionality of the product;
                    (E) the location of any applicable privacy policy; 
                and
                    (F) any other information the Secretary determines 
                necessary and appropriate.

SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    The decision of a manufacturer of a covered product not to 
participate in the Cyber Shield program shall not affect the liability 
of the manufacturer for a cybersecurity or data security breach of that 
covered product.
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