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Creates a new Digital Economy and Cybersecurity Board of Advisors inside the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to recommend policies to the Assistant Secretary. The board focuses on cybersecurity and digital‑economy issues, including matters related to internet routing (such as Border Gateway Protocol) and information and communications networks. The board will have 5–25 unpaid expert members with required representation rules, may form limited subgroups, and will automatically end four years after enactment. It is advisory only and does not create new regulatory powers or mandates.
Establishes the Digital Economy and Cybersecurity Board of Advisors within the NTIA (named the "Board").
The Board must provide recommendations to the Assistant Secretary on technical cybersecurity best practices 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.
The Board must provide recommendations on cybersecurity policies to support the development and implementation of cybersecurity practices for the internet and information and communications networks.
The Board must provide recommendations on policies that promote security and resilience to cybersecurity incidents for information and communications networks while fostering innovation, including policies that promote secure supply chains for those networks.
The Board must provide recommendations on policies to remove barriers to trust, security, innovation, and commercialization related to information and communications networks.
Primary effects are internal to the federal government: NTIA gains a structured, expert channel for advice on cybersecurity and digital‑economy matters. Telecommunications and broadband providers, technology companies, and critical infrastructure owners/operators may be consulted or have their interests reflected through the board’s representation rules and subgroup work. The board’s recommendations could influence future policies on internet routing security (e.g., BGP), network resilience, and digital‑economy growth. Consumers and the general public may benefit indirectly from stronger cybersecurity and more reliable communications networks. There are no direct compliance requirements or costs imposed on industry or state/local governments.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced February 21, 2025 by August Pfluger · Last progress February 21, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House