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[CITE: 15USC278g-4]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
        CHAPTER 7--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
 
Sec. 278g-4. Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board


(a) Establishment and composition

    There is hereby established a Computer System Security and Privacy 
Advisory Board within the Department of Commerce. The Secretary of 
Commerce shall appoint the chairman of the Board. The Board shall be 
composed of twelve additional members appointed by the Secretary of 
Commerce as follows:
        (1) four members from outside the Federal Government who are 
    eminent in the computer or telecommunications industry, at least one 
    of whom is representative of small or medium sized companies in such 
    industries;
        (2) four members from outside the Federal Government who are 
    eminent in the fields of computer or telecommunications technology, 
    or related disciplines, but who are not employed by or 
    representative of a producer of computer or telecommunications 
    equipment; and
        (3) four members from the Federal Government who have computer 
    systems management experience, including experience in computer 
    systems security and privacy, at least one of whom shall be from the 
    National Security Agency.

(b) Duties

    The duties of the Board shall be--
        (1) to identify emerging managerial, technical, administrative, 
    and physical safeguard issues relative to computer systems security 
    and privacy;
        (2) to advise the Institute and the Secretary of Commerce on 
    security and privacy issues pertaining to Federal computer systems; 
    and
        (3) to report its findings to the Secretary of Commerce, the 
    Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the 
    National Security Agency, and the appropriate committees of the 
    Congress.

(c) Term of office

    The term of office of each member of the Board shall be four years, 
except that--
        (1) of the initial members, three shall be appointed for terms 
    of one year, three shall be appointed for terms of two years, three 
    shall be appointed for terms of three years, and three shall be 
    appointed for terms of four years; and
        (2) any member appointed to fill a vacancy in the Board shall 
    serve for the remainder of the term for which his predecessor was 
    appointed.

(d) Quorum

    The Board shall not act in the absence of a quorum, which shall 
consist of seven members.

(e) Allowance for travel expenses

    Members of the Board, other than full-time employees of the Federal 
Government, while attending meetings of such committees or while 
otherwise performing duties at the request of the Board Chairman while 
away from their homes or a regular place of business, may be allowed 
travel expenses in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 
5.

(f) Staff services and utilization of Federal personnel

    To provide the staff services necessary to assist the Board in 
carrying out its functions, the Board may utilize personnel from the 
Institute or any other agency of the Federal Government with the consent 
of the head of the agency.

(g) Definitions

    As used in this section, the terms ``computer system'' and ``Federal 
computer system'' have the meanings given in section 278g-3 of this 
title.

(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, Sec. 21, as added Pub. L. 100-235, Sec. 3(2), 
Jan. 8, 1988, 101 Stat. 1727; amended Pub. L. 100-418, title V, 
Sec. 5115(a)(1), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 100-418, which directed that this 
chapter be amended by substituting ``Institute'' for ``National Bureau 
of Standards'', ``Bureau'', or ``bureau'', wherever appearing, was 
executed to par. (2) by substituting ``Institute'' for ``Bureau of 
Standards'', to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 100-418 substituted ``Institute'' for 
``National Bureau of Standards''.


                     Termination of Advisory Boards

    Advisory boards in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later 
than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, unless, 
in the case of a council established by the President or an officer of 
the Federal Government, such council is renewed by appropriate action 
prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a 
council established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided 
by law. See sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 
Stat. 770, 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees.


                            Computer Security

    Nothing in amendment by Pub. L. 100-235 which enacted this section 
to be construed to constitute authority to withhold information sought 
under section 552 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, or 
to authorize any Federal agency to limit, restrict, regulate, or control 
collection, maintenance, disclosure, use, transfer, or sale of any 
information that is privately owned information, disclosable under 
section 552 of Title 5 or other law requiring or authorizing public 
disclosure of information, or public domain information, see section 8 
of Pub. L. 100-235, set out as a note under section 1441 of Title 40, 
Public Buildings, Property, and Works.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 44 section 3504.
