The FCC (the federal agency that regulates phone, internet, and broadcast networks) currently gets advice from a volunteer group of industry experts, public interest advocates, and government officials on how to keep America's communications systems secure and working reliably. This law would make that advisory group permanent instead of requiring it to shut down and get renewed every two years like most federal advisory committees do. It also spells out who should be on the group—companies in the communications business, public interest or academic representatives, and officials from federal, state, tribal, and local governments—while barring anyone connected to a foreign adversary or deemed a national security risk from serving.