[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4463 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4463

To direct the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information to 
take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States 
 and promote United States leadership in international communications 
           standards-setting bodies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2019

  Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mrs. Dingell, and Mrs. Brooks of Indiana) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information to 
take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States 
 and promote United States leadership in international communications 
           standards-setting bodies, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting United States Wireless 
Leadership Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP OF UNITED STATES IN INTERNATIONAL 
              COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES.

    (a) In General.--In order to enhance the representation of the 
United States and promote United States leadership in international 
standards-setting bodies that set standards for 5G networks and for 
future generations of wireless communications networks, the Assistant 
Secretary shall, in consultation with the National Institute for 
Standards and Technology, coordinate executive branch efforts to--
            (1) encourage participation by trusted companies and a wide 
        variety of relevant stakeholders (to the extent such standards-
        setting bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) in such 
        international standards-setting bodies; and
            (2) offer technical expertise to trusted companies and a 
        wide variety of relevant stakeholders (to the extent such 
        standards-setting bodies allow such stakeholders to 
        participate) to facilitate such participation.
    (b) International Standards-Setting Bodies.--The international 
standards-setting bodies referred to in subsection (a) include--
            (1) the International Telecommunication Union;
            (2) the International Organization for Standardization;
            (3) the voluntary standards-setting bodies that develop 
        protocols for wireless devices and other equipment, such as the 
        3GPP and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; 
        and
            (4) any standards-setting body accredited by the American 
        National Standards Institute or Alliance for Telecommunications 
        Industry Solutions.
    (c) Briefing.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall brief the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on 
a strategy to carry out subsection (a).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) 3GPP.--The term ``3GPP'' means the 3rd Generation 
        Partnership Project.
            (2) 5G network.--The term ``5G network'' means a fifth-
        generation mobile network as described by 3GPP Release 15 or 
        higher.
            (3) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
        means the Assistant Secretary for Communications and 
        Information.
            (4) Cloud computing.--The term ``cloud computing'' has the 
        meaning given the term in Special Publication 800-145 of the 
        National Institute of Standards and Technology, entitled ``The 
        NIST Definition of Cloud Computing'', published in September 
        2011, or any successor publication.
            (5) Communications network.--The term ``communications 
        network'' means any of the following:
                    (A) A system enabling the transmission, between or 
                among points specified by the user, of information of 
                the user's choosing.
                    (B) Cloud computing resources.
                    (C) A network or system used to access cloud 
                computing resources.
            (6) Trusted company.--The term ``trusted company'' means a 
        company that is determined by the Assistant Secretary not to 
        pose a threat to the national security of the United States. In 
        making such a determination, the Assistant Secretary shall 
        consult the heads of the intelligence community (as defined in 
        section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
        3003)) and consider whether such company is listed on the 
        entity list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security 
        of the Department of Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 4 
        to part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations 
        (subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal 
        Regulations).
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