Summary: Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act - Title I: Reallocation of Public Safety Spectrum - (Sec. 101) Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reallocate the 700 MHz D block spectrum (between the frequencies from 758-763 and between 788-793 megahertz) for use by public safety entities. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the electromagnetic spectrum allocation for public safety services by 10 megahertz and reduce such allocation for commercial use by the same amount. (Sec. 102) Authorizes the FCC to allow flexible use of the narrowband spectrum (between frequencies from 769-775 and from 799-805 megahertz), including for public safety broadband communications, subject to any required technical and interference protection measures. Title II: Governance of Public Safety Spectrum - Subtitle A: Public Safety Broadband Corporation - (Sec. 201) Directs the FCC to reallocate and grant a license (for an initial 10-year term renewable, upon application, for subsequent terms, each term a maximum of 10 years) to the Public Safety Broadband Corporation for the use of the 700 MHz D block spectrum and existing public safety broadband spectrum. (Sec. 202) Authorizes the establishment of the Public Safety Broadband Corporation as a private, nonprofit corporation, which is neither an agency nor establishment of the federal or District of Columbia government. (Sec. 203) Vests the management of the Corporation in a Board of Directors consisting of: (1) the Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), Attorney General (DOJ), and Director of Office of Management and Budget (OMB); and (2) 11 independent and neutral nonfederal members appointed by the Secretary of Commerce, including at least 3 public safety professionals and 3 individuals representing states, localities, tribes, and territories. Sets forth membership, terms of office, vacancy replacement, and removal requirements for nonfederal Board members. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to select, from among the nonfederal members, the Chair of the Board. Requires the Board to meet at least quarterly. Requires Board members to serve without pay. (Sec. 204) Requires the Corporation to have a Chief Executive Officer and other officers and employees appointed by the Board. Authorizes the Chief Executive Officer to name and appoint necessary employees. Requires officers to be U.S. citizens and prohibits appointments by political qualification. Prohibits officers or employees from: (1) receiving any salary or other compensation from sources other than the Corporation or other unrelated boards, and (2) being considered an officer or employee of the U.S. or District of Columbia government. Directs the Board to establish a standing public safety advisory committee. (Sec. 205) Prohibits the Corporation from issuing stock, paying dividends, supporting political parties or candidates, or lobbying. (Sec. 206) Sets forth authority for the Corporation to hold hearings, obtain grants and funds, make contracts, accept gifts, issue notes or bonds in private markets, incur indebtedness, spend funds for public safety communications, establish reserve accounts, and exercise other corporate powers. Requires the Corporation to hold the single public safety wireless license established by this Act and to take all actions necessary to ensure the building, deployment, and operation of a nationwide public safety interoperable broadband network in consultation with federal, state, tribal, and local public safety entities, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the FCC, and the public safety advisory committee. Directs the Corporation, at a minimum, to: (1) ensure nationwide standards for use and access of the network; (2) issue open, transparent, and competitive requests for proposals to private sector entities; (3) encourage such requests to leverage existing commercial wireless infrastructure; and (4) manage and oversee the implementation and execution of contracts or agreements with nonfederal entities to build, operate, and maintain the network. Requires the Corporation to: (1) ensure the safety, security, and resiliency of the network, including requirements for protecting and monitoring the network to protect against cyberattack; (2) promote competition in the equipment market by requiring that network devices be built to open, non-proprietary, commercially available standards, capable of being used by any public safety entity and by multiple vendors across all public safety broadband networks operating in the 700 MHz band, and backward-compatible with existing commercial networks; and (3) promote integration of the network with public safety answering points or their equivalent. Requires substantial rural coverage milestones as part of each construction and deployment phase, including partnerships with existing commercial mobile providers to utilize cost-effective opportunities to speed deployment in rural areas. Authorizes the Corporation to obtain grants, make contracts, and receive payment for use of the Corporation’s network capacity and infrastructure. Directs the Corporation to develop: (1) requests for proposals, including service levels and coverage areas; (2) technical and operational requirements; (3) network management and operation standards; (4) terms of service and billing practices; and (5) compliance review and monitoring of operating entity practices, personnel, and training. Requires the Corporation to consult with regional, state, tribal, and local jurisdictions regarding the distribution and expenditure of any amounts required to carry out such requirements, including tower placement, coverage areas, security, and priority of access to local users and other entities. Directs the Corporation to negotiate roaming agreements with commercial network providers to allow the nationwide public safety interoperable broadband network to roam onto commercial networks and gain prioritization of public safety communications over such networks in times of emergency. Requires NIST to: (1) ensure development of a list of certified devices and components meeting appropriate protocols and standards for public safety entities and commercial vendors, and (2) represent the interests of public safety users before any standards-setting organization regarding the development of interoperability standards. Prohibits the Corporation from negotiating or entering agreements with a foreign government on behalf of the United States. (Sec. 207) Authorizes the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to issue notes to the Secretary of the Treasury to make initial loans to the Corporation. Authorizes the Treasury Secretary to sell such notes as public debt transactions of the United States. (Sec. 208) Authorizes the Corporation to assess and collect network user fees and leasing fees for non-public safety services permitted network access on a secondary basis, commercial transmissions, and the use of network infrastructure. Prohibits total fees from exceeding the amount necessary to recoup the Corporation’s expenses each fiscal year. (Sec. 209) Requires the Comptroller General to audit the Corporation’s financial transactions during any fiscal year in which federal financing is available for its operations and to report on each audit to Congress, the President, and the Corporation. (Sec. 210) Directs the Corporation to submit an annual report to Congress on its activities, financial condition, and legislative or administrative recommendations. (Sec. 211) Allows the Corporation to adopt rules to improve the ability of public safety networks to roam onto, and gain priority access to, commercial networks in an emergency if the public safety entity equipment is technically compatible, the commercial network is reasonably compensated, and such access does not preempt, terminate, or degrade all existing voice conversations or data sessions. (Sec. 212) Directs NIST (informed by an independent and neutral agent, consultant, or expert) to develop an evaluation framework considering the public safety network attributes identified in a report completed by the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology of NIST. Requires the evaluation to include: (1) the marginal cost, benefit, and economic feasibility of requiring each public safety network attribute as part of the nationwide network; (2) the competitive vendor supply ecosystem; and (3) the level of variability in regional requirements for each attribute. Requires the Corporation to utilize such framework to develop a cost-benefit analysis informing the building, deployment, and operation of the network. (Sec. 213) Prohibits the Corporation from offering, providing, or marketing commercial telecommunications or information services directly to consumers. (Sec. 214) Permits the FCC to provide technical assistance to the Corporation. Subtitle B: Public Safety Commitments - (Sec. 221) Establishes the State and Local Implementation Fund for the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a state, regional, tribal, and local planning and implementation grant program. Permits the Assistant Secretary to borrow up to $250 million from the Treasury’s general fund to implement the program. Requires the Assistant Secretary to reimburse the general fund, without interest. (Sec. 222) Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish the grant program to make matching grants (with the federal share up to 80% of costs, subject to waiver) to states to assist state, regional, tribal, and local jurisdictions to identify, plan, and implement the most efficient and effective way to utilize and integrate the infrastructure, equipment, and other architecture associated with the network to satisfy the wireless communications and data services needs of each jurisdiction. Requires the Assistant Secretary to prioritize grants for activities that ensure coverage in rural as well as urban areas. (Sec. 223) Requires NIST to research and assist with the development of standards, technologies, and applications to advance wireless public safety communications. (Sec. 224) Directs NIST and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand existing programs to support and promote innovation in the United States through transformative telecommunications research. Defines “transformative telecommunications research” as basic research involving ideas, discoveries, or tools that: (1) radically change understanding of an important existing scientific or engineering concept or educational practice; or (2) leads to the creation of a new paradigm or field of science, engineering, or education related to telecommunications. Requires NIST and NSF to solicit proposals annually. Directs NIST to support the development of technologies facilitating the availability and affordability of advanced communications services to all Americans and to support intramural and cooperative research with institutions of higher education. Directs NSF to expand existing grant programs to include transformative telecommunications research relevant to emerging wireless technologies that may enhance advanced communications services or make such services more affordable for consumers. Requires the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to conduct wireless communications research to develop more secure, reliable, and flexible radio-frequency systems for federal wireless users. Title III: Spectrum Auction Authority - (Sec. 301) Extends, until September 30, 2021, the FCC's authority to grant a license or permit under applicable competitive bidding provisions. (Sec. 302) Directs: (1) the Assistant Secretary to identify for reallocation at least 15 megahertz of certain contiguous spectrum between 1675 and 1710 megahertz (minus the geographic exclusion zones, or any amendment thereof) from the October 2010 NTIA report on wireless broadband systems; and (2) the FCC to auction various specified spectrum ranges. Requires: (1) the FCC to reallocate spectrum between the 3550 and 3650 megahertz frequencies for competitive bidding, or (2) the President to identify alternative federal agency bands (totaling more than 20 and up to a maximum of 100 megahertz) for such reallocation. Directs proceeds of the respective auctions to be deposited with the Public Safety Trust Fund established in title IV of this Act. Amends competitive bidding system design requirements. (Sec. 303) Authorizes the FCC, if it is consistent with the public interest in spectrum utilization for a licensee to voluntarily relinquish licensed spectrum usage rights in order to permit the assignment of new initial licenses through a competitive bidding process subject to new service rules, or to permit the designation of new spectrum for unlicensed use, to disburse to that licensee a portion of any auction proceeds attributable to the licensee's relinquished spectrum usage rights. Conditions such relinquishment upon the retention of the appropriate carriage rights applicable at the shared location by television broadcast stations required to be carried that voluntarily elect to share a channel. Prohibits the FCC from reclaiming spectrum licensed on a primary basis to a television broadcast station, directly or indirectly, on an involuntary basis to carry out such an incentive auction. Sets forth an exception allowing the FCC to reclaim certain spectrum if it assigns an identical amount of contiguous spectrum located between specified channels in the same geographic market to the television broadcast licensee, provided that: (1) the FCC is prohibited from involuntarily co-locating multiple television broadcast station licensees on the same channel, and (2) television broadcast stations required to be carried that voluntarily elect to share a channel retain the same rights to carriage as such rights apply to such station at its shared location. Permits the FCC, when assigning spectrum to television licensees pursuant to such exception, to disburse to the licensee a portion of the auction proceeds for relocation to any FCC-designated alternative frequency or location. Directs the FCC to make reasonable efforts to: (1) preserve the amount of population covered by a licensee's signal within the licensee's service area; (2) avoid any involuntary increase in interference to the licensee's signal that may otherwise result from new spectrum assignments; (3) allow licensees assigned to broadcast channels 2-6 to relocate, if possible, to channels in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) range; and (4) allow low power television broadcast licensees assigned to channels in the UHF range impacted by relocation of other licensees to relocate to channels in the very high frequency (VHF) range. Requires specified bands of spectrum to be assigned via a competitive bidding process with a portion of the proceeds authorized to be disbursed to other licensees to ensure that unlicensed spectrum remains available in such frequency bands nationwide in each local market. Requires specified auction proceeds to be deposited in the Public Safety Trust Fund. Establishes the Incentive Auction Relocation Fund, to be administered by the Assistant Secretary and available for use by NTIA in consultation with the FCC, to cover the reasonable costs of television broadcast stations and multichannel video programming distributors affected by relocation. Sets forth authority for incentive auctions to repurpose certain mobile satellite services spectrum for terrestrial broadband use. Expresses the sense of Congress that any spectrum identified for auction should be licensed on a flexible basis and consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity. (Sec. 304) Directs the FCC to report biennially to Congress and the Corporation on an inventory of the spectrum assigned and allocated to public safety use, the number of licensees and amount of spectrum assigned to each licensee, the technologies and systems in each band, the network coverage and users of the major systems, and the opportunity for return of any additional spectrum for reallocation. (Sec. 305) Directs the Comptroller General to report on the current and future capabilities of fixed and mobile satellite broadband to assist public safety entities during an emergency. (Sec. 306) Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to establish rules allowing public safety entities licensed or otherwise permitted to use spectrum allocated to the Corporation to have access to federal infrastructure appropriate for the construction and maintenance of the network. (Sec. 307) Directs the FCC, within five years, to report to Congress on the development and use of any spectrum it designates as unlicensed spectrum. Title IV: Public Safety Trust Fund - (Sec. 401) Establishes the Public Safety Trust Fund. Requires that specified spectrum auction proceeds be deposited in such Fund and used, through FY2021, for: (1) incentive auction disbursement payments to licensees; (2) deposits in the Incentive Auction Relocation Fund and the State and Local Implementation Fund; (3) a deposit of $11.75 billion with the Corporation, including specified minimum amounts for any Radio Access Network build out and an Evolved Packet Core; (4) NIST, DARPA, and NSF research grants; and (5) deficit reduction, if any amounts remain. Directs the FCC, at least three months before an incentive auction, to notify Congress of the methodology for calculating certain disbursal payments and that the methodology considers the value of the spectrum voluntarily relinquished in its current use and the timeliness with which the licensee will clear its use. Requires, after FY2021, that amounts in the Fund be deposited in the Treasury’s general fund for the sole purpose of deficit reduction. Title V: Spectrum Policy - Subtitle A: Inventory and Planning - (Sec. 501) Directs the FCC to: (1) prepare a biennial inventory of each radio spectrum band managed by specified agencies, including the authorized licensee or government user and the number of transmitters, end-user terminals, or receivers deployed or authorized in the band; and (2) make a centralized inventory of the bands of each agency available to the public via an Internet-accessible website updated at least quarterly. (Sec. 502) Directs: (1) the Comptroller General to report with recommendations on the processes that federal entities utilize to evaluate and manage their spectrum needs and resources; and (2) each federal entity to establish, update, or revise their processes based on such recommendations and submit to the NTIA an assessment of the options with regard to such processes. Requires each federal entity to provide a biennial entity-specific strategic spectrum plan to the Assistant Secretary and OMB. Directs the Secretary of Commerce, within six months after receiving the initial entity-specific strategic spectrum plans, to develop and submit to Congress a Federal Strategic Spectrum Plan to be updated after each biennial submission of the entity-specific plans. Directs the NTIA and FCC to develop a quadrennial National Strategic Spectrum Plan including: (1) the Federal Strategic Spectrum Plan; (2) long-range spectrum planning of commercial, state and local government, and federal users; (3) new technologies or expanded services requiring spectrum; (4) the characteristics of new radio communication systems and required spectrum; (5) approaches to meeting future spectrum requirements; and (6) the effectiveness of current auction processes in promoting competition, improving efficient spectrum use, and maximizing the full economic value of spectrum to customers, industry, and taxpayers. Subtitle B: Markets - (Sec. 511) Requires the FCC to conduct a rulemaking to determine how to further promote a more robust secondary spectrum market including the feasibility of a national database to collect and disseminate information on secondary spectrum market opportunities. (Sec. 512) Directs the FCC to modify FCC regulations to allow unlicensed devices intended and marketed for indoor use to operate in the 5350-5470 MHz band, subject to specified conditions. Requires the NTIA to submit to Congress an evaluation of known and proposed sharing technologies and the risk to federal users if unlicensed U-NII (Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure) devices were allowed to operate indoors within such band. (Sec. 513) Directs the FCC to revise its regulations to promote greater experimentation, broaden market trial opportunities, promote health care advancements, establish innovation zones, and establish a process for universities, companies, non-profit organizations, and other qualified entities to use a broad range of radio frequencies for research and experimentation on a non-interference basis without having to obtain prior FCC authorization for the use of specific frequencies. (Sec. 514) Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to: (1) revise provisions concerning payment of relocation and sharing costs incurred by federal agencies for certain potential or planned auctions, sharing of spectrum frequencies, or reallocation from federal use to exclusive nonfederal or shared federal and nonfederal use; and (2) permit federal entities to allow nonfederal entities access to frequency assignments with NTIA approval. (Sec. 515) Directs the NTIA to submit a report to Congress identifying spectrum appropriate for sharing with non-government entities or nonfederal government entities including consideration of how federal entities can utilize dynamic spectrum sharing technologies to allow sharing of underutilized spectrum without interference to the primary usage by the federal government. Requires the NTIA to conduct a public consultation and, with the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee, develop rules for federal users to increase spectrum sharing by federal entities. Subtitle C: Efficiency and Management - (Sec. 521) Requires the Assistant Secretary to be assigned the responsibility to promote the best possible and most efficient use of electromagnetic spectrum resources across the federal government, subject to and consistent with the needs and missions of federal agencies. (Sec. 522) Directs the NTIA to develop analytic tools or metrics for the NTIA and federal entities to measure the spectrum efficiency of federal spectrum systems. (Sec. 523) Directs the Comptroller General to report on the design and operation of each transmission system (any telecommunications, broadcast, satellite, commercial mobile service, or other communications system employing radio spectrum) so that reasonable use of adjacent spectrum does not excessively impair such system. (Sec. 524) Directs the NTIA to examine its frequency assignment processes and consider best practices for collecting and validating data from federal entities. (Sec. 525) Directs the NTIA to develop a framework for determining the annual economic opportunity cost of each specific federal spectrum band assigned or allocated for use by federal entities. Requires such framework to account for the spectrum pricing methodologies adopted by other countries utilizing administered incentive pricing of spectrum for government users. Defines “opportunity cost” as the value of the spectrum, in dollar terms, as if such spectrum were to be reallocated to the highest commercial alternative use that currently does not have access to that spectrum. Requires each federal entity assigned or allocated use of a federal spectrum band to annually report, as an off-budget item, the opportunity cost borne by the entity for each spectrum band the entity uses. Directs such federal entities, every five years, to compare such opportunity cost to the projected costs of the entity relocating to other government spectrum holdings, co-locating with other government agencies, leasing other nonfederal spectrum, or contracting spectrum activities. Directs the Comptroller General, every five years, to determine if the technologies and equipment used by federal entities operating on federal spectrum allocations are the most spectrum efficient available. (Sec. 526) Requires the OMB to update OMB Circular A-11 to reflect recommendations in the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee Incentive Subcommittee report, adopted January 11, 2011. (Sec. 527) Directs the NTIA to report to Congress on the status of NTIA's plan to implement recommendations contained in the President's November 29, 2004, Memorandum on Improving Spectrum Management for the 21st Century. (Sec. 528) Prohibits a state or local government from denying, and requires approval of, any request for collocation, removal, or replacement of an existing wireless tower that does not substantially change its physical dimensions. Establishes a uniform application for federal easements and rights-of-way and a master contract process for siting wireless facilities on federal property and buildings. Title VI: Studies on Next Generation 9-1-1 Services - (Sec. 602) Directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to report to Congress on the costs for specific Next Generation 9-1-1 services (an IP-based system comprised of hardware, software, data, and operational policies for emergency calls and messages) to assist the consideration of a long-term funding mechanism. (Sec. 603) Directs the FCC to report to Congress on recommendations for the legal and statutory framework for Next Generation 9-1-1 services, consistent with the recommendations in the National Broadband Plan developed by the FCC pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Title VII: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 701) Prohibits the remainder of this Act from being affected if any provision (or application of a provision to any person or circumstance) is held to be unconstitutional. (Sec. 702) Prohibits this Act from being construed as adding or subtracting from any authority the FCC may have to regulate broadband Internet access service. Title VIII: Compliance with Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act - (Sec. 801) Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

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government sec vests management corporation board_of_directors consisting secretary commerce secretary homeland_security dhs attorney general doj director office_of_management_and_budget omb independent neutral nonfederal members appointed secretary commerce including public safety professionals individuals representing states localities tribes territories sets forth membership terms office vacancy replacement removal requirements nonfederal board members directs secretary commerce select nonfederal members chair board requires board meet quarterly requires board members serve pay sec requires corporation chief executive officer officers employees appointed board authorizes chief executive officer appoint necessary employees requires officers citizens prohibits appointments political qualification prohibits officers employees receiving salary compensation sources corporation unrelated boards considered officer employee district_of_columbia government directs board establish standing public safety advisory_committee sec prohibits corporation issuing stock paying dividends supporting political parties candidates lobbying sec sets forth authority corporation hold hearings obtain grants funds contracts accept gifts issue notes bonds private markets incur indebtedness spend funds public safety communications establish reserve accounts exercise corporate powers requires corporation hold single public safety wireless license established act actions necessary ensure building deployment operation nationwide public safety interoperable broadband network consultation federal state tribal local public safety entities national_institute_of_standards_and_technology nist fcc public safety advisory_committee directs corporation minimum ensure nationwide standards use access network issue open transparent competitive requests proposals private sector entities encourage requests leverage existing commercial wireless infrastructure manage oversee implementation execution contracts agreements nonfederal entities build operate maintain network requires corporation ensure safety security resiliency network including requirements protecting monitoring network protect promote competition equipment market requiring network devices built open non proprietary commercially available standards capable public safety entity multiple vendors public safety broadband networks operating mhz band compatible existing commercial networks promote integration network public safety answering points equivalent requires substantial rural coverage milestones construction deployment phase including partnerships existing commercial mobile providers utilize cost effective opportunities speed deployment rural areas authorizes corporation obtain grants contracts receive payment use corporation network capacity infrastructure directs corporation develop requests proposals including service levels coverage areas technical operational requirements network management operation standards terms service billing practices compliance review monitoring operating entity practices personnel training requires corporation consult regional state tribal local jurisdictions distribution expenditure amounts required carry requirements including tower placement coverage areas security priority access local users entities directs corporation negotiate roaming agreements commercial network providers allow nationwide public safety interoperable broadband network commercial networks gain prioritization public safety communications networks times emergency requires nist ensure development list certified devices components meeting appropriate protocols standards public safety entities commercial vendors represent interests public safety users standards setting organization development interoperability standards prohibits corporation negotiating entering agreements foreign government behalf united_states sec authorizes national_telecommunications_and_information_administration ntia issue notes secretary treasury initial loans corporation authorizes treasury secretary sell notes public debt transactions united_states sec authorizes corporation assess collect network user fees leasing fees non public safety services permitted network access secondary basis commercial transmissions use network infrastructure prohibits total fees exceeding necessary recoup corporation expenses fiscal year sec requires comptroller_general audit corporation financial transactions fiscal year federal financing available operations report audit congress president corporation sec directs corporation submit annual report congress activities financial condition legislative administrative recommendations sec allows corporation adopt rules improve ability public safety networks gain priority access commercial networks emergency public safety entity equipment technically compatible commercial network reasonably compensated access preempt terminate degrade existing voice data sessions sec directs nist informed independent neutral agent consultant expert develop evaluation framework considering public safety network attributes identified report completed visiting committee advanced technology nist requires evaluation include marginal cost benefit economic feasibility requiring public safety network nationwide network competitive vendor supply ecosystem level variability regional requirements requires corporation utilize framework develop cost benefit analysis informing building deployment operation network sec prohibits corporation offering providing marketing commercial telecommunications information services directly consumers sec permits fcc provide technical assistance corporation subtitle public safety commitments sec establishes state local implementation fund assistant secretary commerce_for_communications_and_information establish state regional tribal local planning implementation grant program permits assistant secretary borrow million treasury general_fund implement program requires assistant secretary reimburse general_fund interest sec directs assistant secretary establish grant program matching grants federal share costs subject waiver states assist state regional tribal local jurisdictions identify plan implement efficient effective way utilize integrate infrastructure equipment architecture associated network satisfy wireless communications data services needs jurisdiction requires assistant secretary prioritize grants activities ensure coverage rural urban areas sec requires nist research assist development standards technologies applications advance wireless public safety communications sec directs nist national_science_foundation nsf expand existing programs support promote innovation united_states telecommunications research defines telecommunications research basic research involving ideas discoveries tools change understanding important existing scientific engineering concept educational practice leads creation new field science engineering education related telecommunications requires nist nsf solicit proposals annually directs nist support development technologies facilitating availability affordability advanced communications services americans support intramural cooperative research institutions higher education directs nsf expand existing grant programs include telecommunications research relevant emerging wireless technologies enhance advanced communications services services affordable consumers requires defense advanced_research_projects_agency conduct wireless communications research develop secure reliable flexible radio frequency systems federal wireless users title iii spectrum auction authority sec extends september fcc authority grant license permit applicable competitive bidding provisions sec directs assistant secretary identify reallocation megahertz certain contiguous spectrum megahertz minus geographic exclusion zones amendment thereof october ntia report wireless broadband systems fcc auction specified spectrum ranges requires fcc reallocate spectrum megahertz frequencies competitive bidding president identify alternative federal agency bands totaling maximum megahertz reallocation directs proceeds respective auctions deposited public safety trust_fund established title act amends competitive bidding system design requirements sec authorizes fcc consistent public interest spectrum utilization licensee voluntarily relinquish licensed spectrum usage rights order permit assignment new initial licenses competitive bidding process subject new service rules permit designation new spectrum unlicensed use disburse licensee portion auction proceeds attributable licensee relinquished spectrum usage rights conditions relinquishment retention appropriate carriage rights applicable shared location television broadcast stations required carried voluntarily elect share channel prohibits fcc reclaiming spectrum licensed primary basis television broadcast station directly indirectly involuntary basis carry incentive auction sets forth exception allowing fcc reclaim certain spectrum assigns identical contiguous spectrum located specified channels geographic market television broadcast licensee provided fcc prohibited involuntarily locating multiple television broadcast station licensees channel television broadcast stations required carried voluntarily elect share channel retain rights carriage rights apply station shared location permits fcc assigning spectrum television licensees pursuant exception disburse licensee portion auction proceeds relocation fcc designated alternative frequency location directs fcc reasonable efforts preserve population covered licensee signal licensee service area avoid involuntary increase interference licensee signal result new spectrum assignments allow licensees assigned broadcast channels relocate possible channels ultra high frequency range allow low power television broadcast licensees assigned channels range impacted relocation licensees relocate channels high frequency range requires specified bands spectrum assigned competitive bidding process portion proceeds authorized disbursed licensees ensure unlicensed spectrum remains available frequency bands nationwide local market requires specified auction proceeds deposited public safety trust_fund establishes incentive auction relocation fund administered assistant secretary available use ntia consultation fcc cover reasonable costs television broadcast stations multichannel video programming distributors affected relocation sets forth authority incentive auctions certain mobile satellite services spectrum terrestrial broadband use expresses sense congress spectrum identified auction licensed flexible basis consistent public interest convenience necessity sec directs fcc report biennially congress corporation inventory spectrum assigned allocated public safety use number licensees spectrum assigned licensee technologies systems band network coverage users major systems opportunity return additional spectrum reallocation sec directs comptroller_general report current future capabilities fixed mobile satellite broadband assist public safety entities emergency sec directs administrator general_services gsa establish rules allowing public safety entities licensed permitted use spectrum allocated corporation access federal infrastructure appropriate construction maintenance network sec directs fcc years report congress development use spectrum designates unlicensed spectrum title public safety trust_fund sec establishes public safety trust_fund requires specified spectrum auction proceeds deposited fund fy2021 incentive auction disbursement payments licensees deposits incentive auction relocation fund state local implementation fund deposit billion corporation including specified minimum amounts radio access network build core nist nsf research grants deficit reduction amounts remain directs fcc months incentive auction notify congress methodology calculating certain payments methodology considers value spectrum voluntarily relinquished current use timeliness licensee clear use requires fy2021 amounts fund deposited treasury general_fund sole purpose deficit reduction title spectrum policy subtitle inventory planning sec directs fcc prepare biennial inventory radio spectrum band managed specified agencies including authorized licensee government user number transmitters end user terminals receivers deployed authorized band centralized inventory bands agency available public internet accessible website updated quarterly sec directs comptroller_general report recommendations processes federal entities utilize evaluate manage spectrum needs resources federal entity establish update revise processes based recommendations submit ntia assessment options regard processes requires federal entity provide biennial entity specific strategic spectrum plan assistant secretary omb directs secretary commerce months receiving initial entity specific strategic spectrum plans develop submit congress federal strategic spectrum plan updated biennial submission entity specific plans directs ntia fcc develop quadrennial national strategic spectrum plan including federal strategic spectrum plan long range spectrum planning commercial state local government federal users new technologies expanded services requiring spectrum characteristics new radio communication systems required spectrum approaches meeting future spectrum requirements effectiveness current auction processes promoting competition improving efficient spectrum use maximizing economic value spectrum customers industry taxpayers subtitle markets sec requires fcc conduct rulemaking determine promote robust secondary spectrum market including feasibility national database collect disseminate information secondary spectrum market opportunities sec directs fcc modify fcc regulations allow unlicensed devices intended marketed indoor use operate mhz band subject specified conditions requires ntia submit congress evaluation known proposed sharing technologies risk federal users unlicensed unlicensed national information infrastructure devices allowed operate band sec directs fcc revise regulations promote greater experimentation broaden market trial opportunities promote health_care advancements establish innovation zones establish process universities companies non profit organizations qualified entities use broad range radio frequencies research experimentation non interference basis having obtain prior fcc authorization use specific frequencies sec amends national_telecommunications_and_information_administration_organization_act revise provisions concerning payment relocation sharing costs incurred federal agencies certain potential planned auctions sharing spectrum frequencies reallocation federal use exclusive nonfederal shared federal nonfederal use permit federal entities allow nonfederal entities access frequency assignments ntia approval sec directs ntia submit report congress identifying spectrum appropriate sharing non government entities nonfederal government entities including consideration federal entities utilize dynamic spectrum sharing technologies allow sharing underutilized spectrum interference primary usage federal_government requires ntia conduct public consultation radio advisory_committee develop rules federal users increase spectrum sharing federal entities subtitle efficiency management sec requires assistant secretary assigned responsibility promote best possible efficient use electromagnetic spectrum resources federal_government subject consistent needs missions federal agencies sec directs ntia develop analytic tools metrics ntia federal entities measure spectrum efficiency federal spectrum systems sec directs comptroller_general report design operation transmission system telecommunications broadcast satellite commercial mobile service communications system employing radio spectrum reasonable use adjacent spectrum excessively impair system sec directs ntia examine frequency assignment processes consider best practices collecting validating data federal entities sec directs ntia develop framework determining annual economic opportunity cost specific federal spectrum band assigned allocated use federal entities requires framework account spectrum pricing methodologies adopted countries utilizing administered incentive pricing spectrum government users defines opportunity cost value spectrum dollar terms spectrum reallocated highest commercial alternative use currently access spectrum requires federal entity assigned allocated use federal spectrum band annually report budget item opportunity cost borne entity spectrum band entity uses directs federal entities years compare opportunity cost projected costs entity relocating government spectrum holdings locating government agencies leasing nonfederal spectrum contracting spectrum activities directs comptroller_general years determine technologies equipment federal entities operating federal spectrum allocations spectrum efficient available sec requires omb update omb circular a-11 reflect recommendations commerce spectrum management advisory_committee incentive subcommittee report adopted january sec directs ntia report congress status ntia plan implement recommendations contained president november memorandum improving spectrum management 21st century sec prohibits state local government denying requires approval request removal replacement existing wireless tower substantially change physical dimensions establishes uniform application federal easements rights way master contract process siting wireless facilities federal property buildings title studies generation services sec directs national_highway_traffic_safety_administration nhtsa report congress costs specific generation services based system comprised hardware software data operational policies emergency calls messages assist consideration long term funding mechanism sec directs fcc report congress recommendations legal statutory framework generation services consistent recommendations national broadband plan developed fcc pursuant american_recovery_and_reinvestment_act title vii miscellaneous sec prohibits remainder act affected provision application provision person circumstance held unconstitutional sec prohibits act construed adding subtracting authority fcc regulate broadband internet access service title viii compliance statutory pay act sec provides compliance budgetary effects act statutory pay act


Summary: Notification of Origin of Telecommunications and Internet Consumer Exchanges Act of 2011 or the NOTICE Act of 2011 - Requires a business entity that initiates or receives a customer service communication to require each of its employees or agents participating in the communication to disclose their physical location at the beginning of each such communication unless all involved employees or agents are located in the United States. Exempts any communication: (1) initiated by a consumer if the consumer knows or reasonably should know that the employee or agent is located outside the United States; or (2) related to the provision of emergency services. Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to exclude certain classes or types of business entities or customer services communications from the requirements of this Act for exceptionally compelling circumstances that justify such exclusions. Sets forth enforcement provisions.

notification origin telecommunications internet consumer exchanges act notice act requires business entity initiates receives customer service communication require employees agents participating communication disclose physical location beginning communication involved employees agents located united_states exempts communication initiated consumer consumer knows reasonably know employee agent located outside united_states related provision emergency services authorizes federal_trade_commission ftc exclude certain classes types business entities customer services communications requirements act exceptionally compelling circumstances justify exclusions sets forth enforcement provisions


Summary: Cybersecurity Act of 2012 or the CSA2012 - Establishes a National Cybersecurity Council, to be chaired by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (the Secretary), to: (1) conduct sector-by-sector risk assessments; (2) identify categories of critical cyber infrastructure (CCI categories); (3) coordinate the adoption of private-sector recommended voluntary outcome-based cybersecurity practices; (4) establish an incentives-based voluntary cybersecurity program for critical infrastructure to encourage owners of critical infrastructure to adopt such practices; (5) develop procedures to inform critical infrastructure owners and operators of cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences; and (6) provide any technical guidance or assistance requested by owners and operators. Directs the Council to designate an agency to: (1) conduct top-level cybersecurity assessments of cyber risks to critical infrastructure with voluntary participation from private sector entities; and (2) prioritize ongoing, sector-by-sector assessments beginning with sectors posing the greatest immediate risk. Requires the Council to submit each risk assessment to the President and appropriate federal agencies and congressional committees. Directs the Council to: (1) identify CCI categories within each sector of critical infrastructure and critical infrastructure owners within each category, and (2) establish a procedure for owners of critical cyber infrastructure to challenge the identification. Directs the Council to identify CCI categories as a critical cyber infrastructures only if damage or unauthorized access could reasonably result in: (1) the interruption of life-sustaining services (including energy, water, transportation, emergency services, or food) sufficient to cause a mass casualty event or mass evacuations; (2) catastrophic economic damage to the United States, including financial markets, transportation systems, or other systemic, long-term damage; or (3) severe degradation of national security. Requires the Council to establish procedures under which owners of critical cyber infrastructure shall report significant cyber incidents affecting critical cyber infrastructure. Provides for congressional review of critical cyber infrastructure determinations. Requires private sector coordinating councils (PSCC) within critical infrastructure sectors established by the National Infrastructure Protection Plan to propose cybersecurity practices to the Council. Directs the Council to adopt: (1) any proposed practices and any necessary amended or additional practices that adequately address identified cyber risks, and (2) practices pursuant to the Council's own assessment if a PSCC fails to submit proposals. Permits federal agencies with responsibilities for regulating the security of critical infrastructure to adopt such practices as mandatory requirements. Requires agencies that do not adopt the practices to report to Congress on the agency's reasoning, including a description of whether the agency is maintaining practices sufficient to effectively address cyber risks. Directs the Council to establish the Voluntary Cybersecurity Program for Critical Infrastructure under which owners of critical infrastructure certified to participate in the Program select and implement cybersecurity measures of their choosing that satisfy such cybersecurity practices in exchange for: (1) liability protection from punitive damages; (2) expedited security clearances; and (3) prioritized technical assistance, real-time cyber threat information, and public recognition. Prohibits any of the above provisions relating to the critical infrastructure public-private partnership from limiting the ability of a federal agency with responsibilities for regulating the security of critical infrastructure from requiring that the cybersecurity practices adopted by the Council be met. Directs the Secretary to establish a Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security Tip Line. Requires the Secretary to: (1) inform the owner or operator of information infrastructure located outside the United States the disruption of which could result in catastrophic damage within the United States and the government of the country in which the information infrastructure is located of any cyber risks to such information infrastructure; and (2) coordinate with such governments and owners or operators regarding the implementation of measures to mitigate or remediate cyber risks. Amends the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) to direct the Secretary to oversee the information security requirements of federal agencies. (Currently, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget [OMB] has such oversight authority and has administratively transferred certain responsibilities to DHS through an OMB memorandum.) Revises information security requirements for federal agencies and provides for continuous monitoring and streamlined reporting of cybersecurity risks. Maintains: (1) the President's oversight over national security systems; and (2) the delegation of authority to the Department of Defense (DOD), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and Director of National Intelligence (DNI) for specified defense and intelligence systems. Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to consolidate existing DHS resources for cybersecurity within a National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications. Sets forth the duties of the Center, including managing efforts to secure, protect, and ensure the resiliency of the federal information infrastructure, supporting private sector efforts to protect such infrastructure, prioritizing efforts to address the most significant risks to the information infrastructure, and ensuring privacy protections. Requires the Center to be headed by a Director (appointed by the President with Senate confirmation) who reports to the Secretary. Directs the DNI to identify a Deputy Director with concurrence of the Secretary. Directs the Center to: (1) oversee the national security and emergency preparedness communications infrastructure, including the Office of Emergency Communications and the National Communications System; (2) develop a national incident response plan detailing the roles of federal agencies, state and local governments, and the private sector; and (3) consult with international partners. Requires the Center to establish procedures to: (1) ensure regular and timely sharing of cybersecurity information between and among federal and nonfederal entities, including cybersecurity centers, network and security operations centers, cybersecurity exchanges, and nonfederal entities responsible for such systems; and (2) share cybersecurity threat and vulnerability information by the federal government with owners and operators of the national information infrastructure. Prohibits federal entities from: (1) using certain voluntarily submitted information as evidence in regulatory enforcement actions; or (2) unless otherwise authorized by law, compelling a disclosure of information from a private entity or intercepting wire, oral, or electronic communications. Requires federal agencies, unless otherwise directed by the President, to immediately notify the Center of any incident affecting a national security system. Directs the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to develop a national cybersecurity research and development plan to encourage the development of computer technologies and software to protect against evolving cyberthreats. Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF), Secretary, and Secretary of Commerce to establish a program for federal agencies to award grants to institutions of higher education or research and development nonprofit institutions to establish cybersecurity test beds capable of realistic modeling of real-time cyber attacks and defenses. Directs the NSF to establish cybersecurity research centers based at institutions of higher education and other entities. Requires the DHS and DOD to jointly establish academic and professional Centers of Excellence to protect critical infrastructure in conjunction with international academic and professional partners from countries that may include appropriate U.S. allies. Directs the NSF to establish a Federal Cyber Scholarship-for-Service program. Directs the Secretary to develop and update periodically an acquisition risk management strategy including procedures to: (1) assess risks to the federal information infrastructure supply chain, (2) incorporate internationally recognized standards with input from the private sector, and (3) share threat information with the private sector. Amends federal information technology procurement laws to provide information security training to contracting officers and promote the acquisition of information security products through authorized channels or distributors of a supplier. Sets forth the responsibilities of the Department of State with respect to the coordination of international norms for cyberspace to be developed with other countries and the consideration of cybercrime in foreign policy and foreign assistance programs. Authorizes private entities to monitor and operate countermeasures to protect against cybersecurity threats on their own information systems and the information systems of a third party with such party's express prior consent. Permits private entities to disclose lawfully obtained cybersecurity threat indicators to other private entities for the sole purpose of protecting information systems. Sets forth requirements for safeguarding information that could be used to identify specific persons and prohibits the use of such information to gain an unfair competitive advantage. Directs the Secretary to establish a process for: (1) designating one or more civilian federal entities, private entities, or nonfederal government entities to serve as cybersecurity exchanges; and (2) sharing classified and unclassified cybersecurity threat indicators in as close to real time as possible with appropriate entities. Requires the Secretary to designate a civilian federal entity as the lead cybersecurity exchange for information sharing among federal entities and with state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, international partners, and private entities. Authorizes federal entities to disclose cybersecurity threat indicators to law enforcement if: (1) disclosure is permitted under procedures developed by the Secretary and approved by the Attorney General (DOJ) to protect privacy and civil liberties; and (2) the information pertains to a cybersecurity crime, an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm, or a serious threat to minors, including sexual exploitation and threats to physical safety. Allows law enforcement to use such indicators only to: (1) protect information systems from a cybersecurity threat or investigate, prosecute, or disrupt a cybersecurity crime; or (2) protect individuals from imminent threats of death or serious bodily harm and minors from serious threats. Defines a "cybersecurity crime" as violation of a state or federal law relating to computer crimes, including any provision of the federal criminal code enacted or amended by the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. Directs federal entities to develop and enforce appropriate sanctions for employees who conduct cybersecurity information activities outside the normal course of duties or in a manner inconsistent with their responsibilities or in contravention of procedures to protect privacy and civil liberties. Establishes a cause of action against the United States if a federal entity intentionally or willfully violates cybersecurity information laws or related regulations. Requires the DNI to issue guidelines for granting security clearances. Sets forth standards for sharing classified threat indicators. Provides legal protections to entities engaged in authorized cybersecurity activities.

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proposed practices necessary amended additional practices adequately address identified cyber risks practices pursuant council assessment fails submit proposals permits federal agencies responsibilities regulating security critical infrastructure adopt practices mandatory requirements requires agencies adopt practices report congress agency reasoning including description agency maintaining practices sufficient effectively address cyber risks directs council establish voluntary cybersecurity program critical infrastructure owners critical infrastructure certified participate program select implement cybersecurity measures choosing satisfy cybersecurity practices exchange liability protection punitive damages expedited security clearances prioritized technical assistance real time cyber threat information public recognition prohibits provisions relating critical infrastructure public private partnership limiting ability federal agency responsibilities regulating security critical 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procedures ensure regular timely sharing cybersecurity information federal nonfederal entities including cybersecurity centers network security operations centers cybersecurity exchanges nonfederal entities responsible systems share cybersecurity threat vulnerability information federal_government owners operators national information infrastructure prohibits federal entities certain voluntarily submitted information evidence regulatory enforcement actions authorized law compelling disclosure information private entity intercepting wire oral electronic communications requires federal agencies directed president immediately notify center incident affecting national security system directs director office_of_science_and_technology_policy develop national cybersecurity research development plan encourage development computer technologies software protect evolving requires national_science_foundation nsf secretary secretary commerce establish program federal agencies award grants institutions higher education research development nonprofit institutions establish cybersecurity test beds capable modeling real time cyber attacks defenses directs nsf establish cybersecurity research centers based institutions higher education entities requires dhs dod jointly establish academic professional centers_of_excellence protect critical infrastructure conjunction international academic professional partners countries include appropriate allies directs nsf establish federal cyber scholarship service program directs secretary develop update periodically acquisition risk management strategy including procedures assess risks federal information infrastructure supply chain incorporate internationally recognized standards input private sector share threat information private sector amends federal information technology procurement laws provide information security training contracting officers promote acquisition information security products authorized channels distributors supplier sets forth responsibilities department_of_state respect coordination international norms cyberspace developed countries consideration cybercrime foreign policy foreign assistance programs authorizes private entities monitor operate countermeasures protect cybersecurity threats information systems information systems party party express prior consent permits private entities disclose lawfully obtained cybersecurity threat indicators private entities sole purpose protecting information systems sets forth requirements safeguarding information identify specific persons prohibits use information gain unfair competitive advantage directs secretary establish process designating civilian federal entities private entities nonfederal government entities serve cybersecurity exchanges sharing classified unclassified cybersecurity threat indicators close real time possible appropriate entities requires secretary designate civilian federal entity lead cybersecurity exchange information sharing federal entities state local tribal territorial governments international partners private entities authorizes federal entities disclose cybersecurity threat indicators law enforcement disclosure permitted procedures developed secretary approved attorney general doj protect privacy civil liberties information pertains cybersecurity crime imminent threat death bodily harm threat minors including sexual exploitation threats physical safety allows law enforcement use indicators protect information systems cybersecurity threat investigate prosecute disrupt cybersecurity crime protect individuals imminent threats death bodily harm minors threats defines cybersecurity crime violation state federal law relating computer crimes including provision federal criminal code enacted amended computer fraud abuse act directs federal entities develop enforce appropriate sanctions employees conduct cybersecurity information activities outside normal course duties manner inconsistent responsibilities contravention procedures protect privacy civil liberties establishes cause action united_states federal entity intentionally willfully violates cybersecurity information laws related regulations requires dni issue guidelines granting security clearances sets forth standards sharing classified threat indicators provides legal protections entities engaged authorized cybersecurity activities


Summary:
Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow a bipartisan majority of Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding a specified open meeting provision, to hold a meeting that is closed to the public to discuss official business if: (1) no agency action is taken, (2) each person present is an FCC Commissioner or employee or a member or person on the staff of a joint board to which the FCC has referred a matter under such Act, and (3) an attorney from the FCC's Office of General Counsel is present.

Defines "bipartisan majority of Commissioners" as at least three Commissioners including at least one Commissioner for each political party of which any Commissioner is a member and at least one unaffiliated Commissioner if any Commissioner has no political affiliation.

Requires public disclosure of the meeting, attendees, and matters discussed.

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Summary: Partnering with American Manufacturers for Efficiency and Competitiveness Act - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to extend through FY2018 the authorization of appropriations to add capabilities to the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, including the development of projects to solve new or emerging manufacturing problems.

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Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act of 2013 or SECURE IT - Authorizes private entities to employ countermeasures and use cybersecurity systems to obtain, identify, or possess cyber threat information on its own networks or the networks of another entity with such entity's authorization.

Allows private entities, nonfederal government agencies, or state, tribal, or local governments to voluntarily disclose cyber threat information to designated cybersecurity centers or to each other to assist with preventing, investigating, or mitigating threats to information security.

Requires such entities and governments providing electronic communication, remote computing, or information security services to a federal agency to inform the agency of a significant cyber incident involving the federal information system of that agency that: (1) is directly known as a result of providing such services and directly related to the provision of such services, and (2) has impeded or will impede the performance of a critical mission of the federal agency.

Defines "significant cyber incident" as a cyber incident resulting in, or an attempted cyber incident that, if successful, would have resulted in: (1) the exfiltration from a federal information system (an information system used or operated by an executive agency, contractor, or another organization on behalf of an executive agency) of data essential to the operation of the such a system, or (2) an incident in which an operational or technical control essential to the security or operation of a such a system was defeated.

Directs federal agencies receiving such significant cyber incident information to report the information to a cybersecurity center.

Permits cyber threat information provided to a cybersecurity center to be disclosed to, retained by, or used by, consistent with otherwise applicable federal law, the federal government for a cybersecurity or national security purpose or to prevent, investigate, or prosecute various criminal offenses for which law enforcement officials are authorized, under existing law, to seek a court order authorizing an interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications. Prohibits the disclosure, retention, or use of such information for any use not expressly permitted.

 Prohibits federal, state, tribal, or local agencies from directly using such information to regulate an entity's lawful activities.

Sets forth conditions with regard to information provided to a cybersecurity center including: (1) the disclosure of such information to state, tribal, or local governments; (2) the use, distribution, and any prerequisite consent necessary for sharing such information; and (3) the legal treatment of such information under specified privileges, exemptions, ex parte communications rules, and requirements for disclosing public information and records.

Provides legal protections to entities engaged in authorized cybersecurity activities.

Directs the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and Secretary of Defense (DOD) to develop procedures for sharing, through cybersecurity centers, classified and unclassified information.

Authorizes the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to review compliance by the cybersecurity centers and federal agencies with required procedures, including privacy and civil liberty protections through anonymization or other methods.

Amends the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 to replace existing information security procedures for federal agencies with a new framework for coordinating and securing federal information.

 Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue compulsory and binding policies and directives governing agency information security operations. Requires that national security systems be overseen as directed by the President.

Requires each agency to comply with such policies and provide risk-commensurate information security protections for information systems used or operated by the agency or a contractor or other organization on an agency's behalf.

Requires each agency's Chief Information Officer to develop an agencywide information security program.

Directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to designate an entity to conduct an ongoing security analysis of agency information systems using automated processes. Requires each agency to develop a timeline for the implementation of technology facilitating continuous monitoring and threat assessments. Sets forth separate requirements for national security systems.

Requires that federal information systems be based on National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards.

Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to increase and further delineate the criminal penalties for computer fraud and related activities.

 Establishes an offense for aggravated damage to a public or private critical infrastructure computer that manages or controls systems or assets vital to national defense, national security, national economic security, or public health or safety.

Amends the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to re-designate the National High-Performance Computing Program as the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program.

Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (STP) to establish goals for inter-agency collaborative research and development with Program Component Areas, industry, institutions of higher education, federal laboratories, and international organizations. Directs agencies to develop a five-year strategic plan.

Requires that agencies be encouraged under the Program to address application areas with potential for contributions to national economic competitiveness and other societal benefits including technical solutions to cybersecurity, health care, energy management, transportation, cyber-physical systems, physical and behavioral phenomena, and privacy protection.

Defines "cyber-physical systems" as physical or engineered systems whose networking and information technology functions and physical elements are integrated and actively connected to the physical world through sensors, actuators, or other means to perform monitoring and control functions.

Requires the STP Director to convene a task force to report to Congress on options for the research, development, and organizational structure of cyber-physical systems.

Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to carry out a Federal Cyber Scholarship-for-Service program.

Requires the NIST to coordinate federal agencies engaged in the development of international technical standards.

Amends the Cyber Security Research and Development Act to add research areas eligible for NSF computer and network security research grants. Authorizes various grant programs through FY2015.

Requires commercial entities that acquire, maintain, store, or utilize personal information (covered entities) to take reasonable measures to protect and secure data in electronic form containing personal information.

Directs a covered entity that owns or licenses such data to give notice of any breach of the security of the system that the entity reasonably believes has caused or will cause identity theft or other financial harm to each individual: (1) who is a U.S. citizen or resident; and (2) whose personal information was, or that the covered entity reasonably believes has been, accessed and acquired by an unauthorized person.

Requires: (1) a covered entity to notify the Secret Service or the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of a security breach of personal information involving more than 10,000 individuals; (2) a third-party entity contracted to maintain, store, or process data containing personal information to notify the covered entity of a breach of security of a system; and (3) a service provider to notify the covered entity if it becomes aware of a breach of security involving personal information owned or possessed by a covered entity and if such covered entity can be reasonably identified.

 Sets forth enforcement authority for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) along with civil monetary penalties for violations of such information protection and notification requirements. Preempts information security practices of the Communications Act of 1934 applicable to telecommunication carriers, satellite operators, and cable operators. Exempts certain financial institutions and entities subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

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operated executive agency contractor organization behalf executive agency data essential operation system incident operational technical control essential security operation system directs federal agencies receiving significant cyber incident information report information cybersecurity center permits cyber threat information provided cybersecurity center disclosed retained consistent applicable federal law federal_government cybersecurity national security purpose prevent investigate prosecute criminal offenses law enforcement officials authorized existing law seek court order authorizing interception wire oral electronic communications prohibits disclosure retention use information use expressly permitted prohibits federal state tribal local agencies directly information regulate entity lawful activities sets forth conditions regard information provided cybersecurity center including disclosure information state tribal local governments use distribution prerequisite consent necessary sharing information legal treatment information specified privileges exemptions parte communications rules requirements disclosing public information records provides legal protections entities engaged authorized cybersecurity activities directs director national_intelligence dni secretary defense dod develop procedures sharing cybersecurity centers classified unclassified information authorizes council_of_the_inspectors_general_on_integrity_and_efficiency review compliance cybersecurity centers federal agencies required procedures including privacy civil liberty protections methods amends federal_information_security_management_act replace existing information security procedures federal agencies new framework coordinating securing federal information directs secretary commerce issue compulsory binding policies directives governing agency information security operations requires national security systems overseen directed president requires agency comply policies provide risk commensurate information security protections information systems operated agency contractor organization agency behalf requires agency chief information officer develop agencywide information security program directs office_of_management_and_budget omb coordination department_of_homeland_security dhs designate entity conduct ongoing security analysis agency information systems automated processes requires agency develop timeline implementation technology facilitating continuous monitoring threat assessments sets forth separate requirements national security systems requires federal information systems based national_institute_of_standards_and_technology nist standards amends computer fraud abuse act increase delineate criminal penalties computer fraud related activities establishes offense aggravated damage public private critical infrastructure computer manages controls systems assets vital national defense national security national economic security public health safety amends high performance computing act designate national high performance computing program networking_and_information_technology_research_and_development_program requires director office_of_science_and_technology_policy establish goals inter agency collaborative research development program component areas industry institutions higher education federal laboratories international organizations directs agencies develop year strategic plan requires agencies encouraged program address application areas potential contributions national economic competitiveness societal benefits including technical solutions cybersecurity health_care energy management transportation cyber physical systems physical behavioral phenomena privacy protection defines cyber physical systems physical engineered systems networking information technology functions physical elements integrated actively connected physical world sensors means perform monitoring control functions requires director convene task_force report congress options research development organizational structure cyber physical systems requires national_science_foundation nsf carry federal cyber scholarship service program requires nist coordinate federal agencies engaged development international technical standards amends cyber security research development act add research areas eligible nsf computer network security research grants authorizes grant programs fy2015 requires commercial entities acquire maintain store utilize personal information covered entities reasonable measures protect secure data electronic form containing personal information directs covered entity owns licenses data notice breach security system entity reasonably believes caused cause identity theft financial harm individual citizen resident personal information covered entity reasonably believes accessed acquired unauthorized person requires covered entity notify secret_service federal_bureau_of_investigation fbi security breach personal information involving individuals party entity contracted maintain store process data containing personal information notify covered entity breach security system service provider notify covered entity aware breach security involving personal information owned possessed covered entity covered entity reasonably identified sets forth enforcement authority federal_trade_commission ftc civil monetary penalties violations information protection notification requirements preempts information security practices communications act applicable telecommunication carriers satellite operators cable operators exempts certain financial institutions entities subject health_insurance_portability_and_accountability_act hipaa


Summary:
Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish on its website and submit to Congress a biennial report on the state of the communications marketplace assessing: (1) competition, including intermodal, facilities-based, and new and emergent services competition and addressing the provision of content, as well as communications using the Internet; (2) deployment of communications capabilities, including whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion; and (3) whether laws, regulations, or regulatory practices pose a barrier to competitive entry or expansion of existing providers of communications services.

Requires the FCC to: (1) compile a list of geographic areas that are not served by any provider of advanced telecommunications capability; and (2) consider market entry barriers for entrepreneurs and other small businesses in the communications marketplace in accordance with existing national policy favoring diversity of media voices, vigorous economic competition, technological advancement, and promotion of the public interest, convenience, and necessity.

(Sec. 3) Repeals and consolidates various FCC reports including reports on satellite competition, international broadband, video programming, cable industry prices, small business entry barriers, commercial mobile radio, waivers from requirements prohibiting FCC employees from being financially interested in companies subject to FCC regulation, and several other existing reports under such Act.

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Summary: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow through 2018 a new business-related tax credit for an increase in expenditures for qualified development expenses (defined as the sum of any in-house and contract development expenses incurred in the trade or business of a taxpayer), (2) increase to 20% the rate of the alternative simplified research tax credit, and (3) extend through 2018 the tax credit for increasing research activities.

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Summary:
Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete a rulemaking proceeding to adopt rules establishing:

 minimum comment and reply periods for rulemakings; policies to ensure that the public has notice and an opportunity to respond to comments, ex parte communications, or materials submitted toward the end of, or after, the comment period; procedures for publishing the status of open rulemakings and items circulated for Commissioners' review; deadlines for public notice, and guidelines for disposition, of certain petitions; and procedures to include the specific language of proposed rules or amendments in proposed rulemaking notices. Requires performance measures to be included in notices of proposed rulemakings or orders that would create or substantially change a program activity. Defines "program activity" as a specific activity or project as listed in the program and financing schedules of the U.S. annual budget, including any annual collection or distribution or related series of collections or distributions by the FCC of $100 million or more. Directs the FCC to seek public comment regarding whether the FCC should: (1) establish procedures for allowing a bipartisan majority of Commissioners to place items on an open meeting agenda and for publishing in advance of such meetings the text of agenda items on which the FCC will vote; (2) establish deadlines for the disposition of certain license applications; and (3) publish orders, decisions, reports, and actions within 30 days after adoption. Requires the FCC to initiate a new rulemaking proceeding every five years to continue its consideration of procedural rule changes. Allows a bipartisan majority of Commissioners to hold a nonpublic meeting, including a meeting to collaborate with joint boards or conferences, if: (1) no votes or actions are taken, and (2) an attorney from the FCC's Office of General Counsel is present. Requires such a closed meeting to be disclosed within two business days after the meeting, along with a list of persons in attendance and a summary of discussed matters, provided that such matters are not classified or otherwise exempt from disclosure.

Directs the FCC to provide on its website: (1) information regarding the FCC's budget, appropriations, and total number of full-time equivalent employees; (2) the FCC's annual performance plan; and (3) information about consumer complaints in a publicly available, searchable database.

Directs the FCC to complete actions necessary for the required publication of documents in the Federal Register within specified time frames.

Requires the FCC to inform the public about its performance and efficiency in meeting disclosure and other requirements under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), including by: (1) publishing on the FCC website its logs for managing FOIA requests and associated fees, (2) releasing decisions to grant or deny requests, and (3) presenting information about the number of FOIA requests received and granted or denied by the FCC in its annual budget estimates and annual performance and financial reports.

Directs the FCC, by January 15th of each year, to publish on its website and in other required formats an anticipated release schedule for all statistical reports and reports to Congress.

Requires annual reports to Congress on the FCC's performance in conducting its proceedings and meeting the deadlines and guidelines established by this Act.

(Sec. 3) Prohibits the FCC, in compiling its quarterly report with respect to informal consumer inquiries and complaints, from categorizing an inquiry or complaint under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (places restrictions on telephone solicitations and automatic dialing systems) as a wireline or wireless inquiry or complaint unless a wireline or wireless carrier was the subject of the inquiry or complaint.

(Sec. 5) Amends the Universal Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act to extend through December 31, 2020, the waiver of certain limitations on: (1) expending, obligating, or apportioning appropriations with respect to federal universal service contributions collected or received under the Communications Act of 1934; and (2) expending or obligating funds attributable to such contributions for universal service support programs.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Enhance Labeling, Accessing, and Branding of Electronic Licenses Act of 2014 or the E-LABEL Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations or take other appropriate action to allow manufacturers of radiofrequency devices with display the option to use electronic labeling for the equipment in place of affixing physical labels to the equipment.

Defines "radiofrequency device with display" as any equipment or device that: (1) requires the FCC's authorization before the equipment or device may be marketed or sold within the United States, and (2) is capable of digitally displaying required labeling and regulatory information.

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