[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4466 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4466
To establish in the Executive Office of the President the Federal
Interagency Working Group on the Global Information Domain to develop a
national strategy for the global information domain, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 16, 2021
Mr. Lynch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on
Armed Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Transportation and
Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To establish in the Executive Office of the President the Federal
Interagency Working Group on the Global Information Domain to develop a
national strategy for the global information domain, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Strategy for the Global
Information Domain Act''.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON THE GLOBAL INFORMATION
DOMAIN.
(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Executive Office of
the President a working group to be known as the Federal Interagency
Working Group on the Global Information Domain (in this section
referred to as the ``Working Group'').
(b) Membership.--
(1) In general.--The Working Group shall be composed of no
less than six members appointed by the President and chosen
from among the following:
(A) Members of the National Security Council
described or designated by the President under section
101(c)(1) of the National Security Act of 1950 (50
U.S.C. 3021(c)(1)).
(B) Any officer described in section 101(c)(2) of
the National Security Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C.
3021(c)(2)).
(C) Any position identified as a ``member'' or
``regular attendee'' of the National Security Council
in a presidential directive establishing the structure
and function of the National Security Council.
(2) Designates.--Members of the Working Group, acting in
their official capacity, may designate employees with authority
to act on their behalf.
(3) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Working Group
shall be appointed by the President.
(c) Director; Staff.--
(1) Director.--The Working Group shall have a Director who
shall be appointed by the Chairperson.
(2) Staff.--The Director may appoint and fix the pay of
additional personnel as the Director considers appropriate.
(3) Duties.--The duties of the Director and staff shall be
to achieve the goals and carry out the duties of the Working
Group.
(d) National Strategy for the Global Information Domain.--
(1) Development of national strategy.--The primary goal of
the Working Group is to develop a national strategy for the
global information domain which shall include, at a minimum the
following:
(A) A prioritization of the global information
domain as an arena for international competition vital
to the national security of the United States.
(B) A description of how adversarial state and non-
state actors are attempting to define and control the
global information domain in order to achieve the goals
of shaping global opinion and achieving strategic
advantage.
(C) A description of the critical role of
artificial intelligence-enabled malign information in
the efforts of adversarial state and non-state actors
to achieve the goals described in subparagraph (B).
(D) An identification of and prioritization of
actions to defend, counter, and compete against malign
information operations as a national security threat.
(E) As necessary, recommendations for any update to
critical infrastructure designations identified by
Presidential Policy Directive 21 and a recommendation
for the relevant departments and agencies to update
sector-specific plans to reflect emerging technologies.
(F) A recommendation for organizational structures
for national security agencies to counter and compete
against the threat.
(2) Classified annex.--The National Strategy required by
paragraph (1) may include a classified annex.
(3) Deadline.--Not later than 270 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, the President shall transmit to
Congress the national strategy required by paragraph (1).
(e) Sunset.--The Working Group shall terminate not later than 3
months after the date on which the national strategy is transmitted
pursuant to subsection (d)(1).
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Critical infrastructure.--The term ``critical
infrastructure'' has the meaning given that term in section
1016(e) of the Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001
(42 U.S.C. 5195c(e)).
(2) Global information domain.--The term ``global
information domain'' means a sphere of strategic competition in
which state and non-state actors create, obtain, fuse, analyze,
distort, transfer, exchange, or disseminate information,
overtly or covertly, to influence public opinion for national
security, geopolitical, or economic purposes.
(3) National security agency.--The term ``national security
agency'' has the meaning given that term in section 681 of the
Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 769(a)).
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