H.R. 4530 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4530 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 19, 2021Mr. McNerney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To establish the Office of Technologists within the Federal Trade Commission. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Federal Trade Commission Technologists Act of 2021. 2. Establishment of the Office of Technologists (a) Office of Technologists No later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall establish within the Commission the Office of Technologists to advise the Commission on technology matters, including the Commission’s use of technology, technical aspects of law enforcement actions, and technology policy recommendations. (b) Personnel The Commission shall appoint at least 25 technologists to the Office. (c) Technologist defined The term technologist means an individual with training and expertise regarding the state of the art in information technology, information security, network security, software development, computer science, and other related fields and applications. (d) Authorization of appropriation There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out the requirements of this Act.