Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1717

Official text excerpt

119 HR 1717 IH: Communications Security Act 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-02-27 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1717 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2025 Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a council to make recommendations on ways to increase the security, reliability, and interoperability of communications networks, and for other purposes. 
 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Communications Security Act . 2. Council on communications security, reliability, and interoperability (a) Establishment Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall— 
 (1) establish a council to advise the Commission on issues including the security, reliability, and interoperability of communications networks; or (2) designate for purposes of this section an advisory committee of the Commission that is operating on the date of the enactment of this Act under a charter for the purpose of addressing the issues described in paragraph (1) and, if the membership of such committee does not comply with subsection (b), modify such membership to comply with such subsection. 
 (b) Membership 
 (1) Appointment The members of the council shall be appointed by the Chair. (2) Composition To the extent practicable, the membership of the council shall be composed of the following: 
 (A) Representatives of companies in the communications industry, except companies that are determined by the Chair to be not trusted. (B) Representatives of public interest organizations or academic institutions, except public interest organizations or academic institutions that are determined by the Chair to be not trusted. 
 (C) Representatives of the Fede…

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