To revoke a requirement of Executive Order 13618 with respect to the use of privately owned communications resources by the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Revokes a provision of Executive Order 13618 (entitled "Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions") to the extent that it requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to satisfy priority communications requirements through the use of privately owned communications resources.

Prohibits: (1) any federal agency or instrumentality from satisfying priority communications requirements through the use of privately owned communications resources, or (2) appropriated funds from being used to take any action that expands the federal government's authority to control such resources.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 294 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 294

 To revoke a requirement of Executive Order 13618 with respect to the 
  use of privately owned communications resources by the Secretary of 
               Homeland Security, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2013

  Mr. Nugent introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To revoke a requirement of Executive Order 13618 with respect to the 
  use of privately owned communications resources by the Secretary of 
               Homeland Security, 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. REVOCATION OF REQUIREMENT.

    Section 5.2(e) of Executive Order 13618, ``Assignment of National 
Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions'' (July 6, 
2012; 77 Fed. Reg. 40779) is revoked to the extent that it refers to 
communications resources that are privately owned.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON FEDERAL USE AND CONTROL OF PRIVATELY OWNED 
              COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCES.

    No agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government may satisfy 
priority communications requirements (as such term is used in section 
5.2(e) of Executive Order 13618) through the use of privately owned 
communications resources, and no funds appropriated pursuant to any 
provision of law may be used to take any action that expands the 
authority of the Federal Government to control privately owned 
communications resources.
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