[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3679 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3679

 To direct the Director of National Intelligence to carry out a prize 
   competition to stimulate research and development relevant to 5G 
                              technology.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2019

Mr. Krishnamoorthi introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the 
    Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Director of National Intelligence to carry out a prize 
   competition to stimulate research and development relevant to 5G 
                              technology.

    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 ``Promoting Research, Innovation, and 
Zeal in Emerging 5G Technology Act'' or the ``PRIZE 5G Tech Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF 5G PRIZE COMPETITION.

    (a) Prize Competition.--Pursuant to section 24 of the Stevenson-
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719), the Director 
of National Intelligence, acting through the Director of the 
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency, shall carry out a 
program to award prizes competitively to stimulate research and 
development relevant to 5G technology.
    (b) Prize Amount.--In carrying out the program under subsection 
(a), the Director may award not more than a total of $5,000,000 to one 
or more winners of the prize competition.
    (c) Consultation.--In carrying out the program under subsection 
(a), the Director may consult with the heads of relevant departments 
and agencies of the Federal Government.
    (d) 5G Technology Defined.--In this section, the term ``5G 
technology'' means hardware, software, or other technologies relating 
to fifth-generation wireless networks.
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