Summary

Creates a Council on communications security, reliability, and interoperability at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or directs the FCC to designate an existing advisory committee for that purpose. The FCC Chair appoints members for two-year terms drawn from industry, public interest/academia, and federal, state, local, and Tribal governments, excluding entities the Chair deems “not trusted.” The Council must produce regular reports that the FCC will publish and is exempted from the usual advisory committee termination rule.

• Mandates that the FCC establish or designate a Council on communications security, reliability, and interoperability within 90 days.
• Council membership includes industry, public interest/academic representatives, and federal, state, local, and Tribal government representatives.
• The FCC Chair appoints members to two-year terms and may exclude entities deemed “not trusted.”
• Council must submit reports and working-group reports every two years, with the FCC publishing them online.
• Council is exempt from standard advisory committee termination rules, allowing it to persist beyond normal expiration.
• Members must have relevant expertise and may remain in office until successors are appointed.
• The law defines key terms and relies on existing statutory criteria to determine which entities are “not trusted.”
• No direct appropriations or new spending programs are created by the measure.