Telecommunications Cybersecurity and Resilience Act

In this Act:

(1) Assistant secretary. The term Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.

(2) Eligible entity. The term eligible entity means—

(A) a telecommunications carrier; or

(B) any other telecommunications sector or related supply chain stakeholder for which Industry Best Practices are developed under section 4.

(3) CISA. The term CISA means the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

(4) Commission. The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission.

(5) CSRMA. The term CSRMA means Communications Sector Risk Management Agency.

(6) CSRIC. The term CSRIC means the Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council Federal advisory committee to the Commission.

(7) Industry best practices. The term Industry Best Practices means voluntary cybersecurity frameworks and best practices for eligible entities described in section 4(a).

(8) NIST. The term NIST means the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

(9) NIST CSF. The term NIST CSF means the latest version of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

(10) NSA. The term NSA means the National Security Agency.

(11) NTIA. The term NTIA means the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

(12) ODNI. The term ODNI means the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

(13) ONCD. The term ONCD means the Office of the National Cyber Director.

(14) Relevant congressional committees. The term relevant congressional committees means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.

(15) Telecommunications carrier. The term telecommunications carrier has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).

(16) Working group. The term Working Group means the Telecommunications Cybersecurity Working Group established under section 3(a).