HR1766119th CongressWALLET

NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act

Sponsored By: Representative Obernolte

Passed House

Summary

Creates a new Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The bill would charge that office with shaping market-based internet and communications policy, coordinating cybersecurity and privacy guidance, and supporting innovation, competition, digital inclusion, workforce development, and secure supply chains.

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  • Families and consumers: Would produce public data and studies on how Americans use the internet, telephone, mass media, and video services, which could inform policies to expand access and inclusion.
  • Small businesses and rural providers: Would get a formal channel for feedback and stronger coordination across the Department of Commerce to speed commercialization, provide technical assistance, and address barriers to capital and market participation.
  • Security researchers, service and software providers, and policymakers: Would coordinate multistakeholder cybersecurity guidance, promote researcher-provider collaboration to prevent vulnerabilities, and advise regulators and Congress on cybersecurity and resilience policy.

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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

New internet and cybersecurity policy office

If enacted, this would create a new office within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The office would study how people use the internet, phones, media, and other digital services. It would bring researchers and providers together to shape cybersecurity and privacy guidance and to prevent future network and software risks. It would promote market-based policies to boost innovation, competition, consumer access, and digital inclusion, with attention to small and rural providers. It would share public data and technical help while protecting classified information.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Obernolte

CA • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

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