Federal Trade Commission Technologists Act of 2021

Federal Trade Commission Technologists Act of 2021

This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish the Office of Technologists to advise on matters such as the FTC's use of technology, technical aspects of law enforcement actions, and technology policy recommendations.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4530 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4530

   To establish the Office of Technologists within the Federal Trade 
                              Commission.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2021

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish the Office of Technologists within the Federal Trade 
                              Commission.

    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 ``Federal Trade Commission 
Technologists Act of 2021''.

SEC. 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.
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