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                                                 Union Calendar No. 291
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4500

                      [Report No. 116-367, Part I]

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 communications standards-
                setting bodies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2019

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

                            January 7, 2020

       Additional sponsors: Ms. Clarke of New York and Mr. Taylor

                            January 7, 2020

  Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                            January 7, 2020

Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                          September 26, 2019]


_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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 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 
              COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES.

    (a) In General.--In order to enhance the representation of the 
United States and promote United States leadership in 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 of Standards and Technology, 
coordinate executive branch efforts to--
            (1) equitably encourage participation by companies and a 
        wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but not including any 
        company or relevant stakeholder that the Assistant Secretary 
        has determined to be not trusted, (to the extent such 
        standards-setting bodies allow such stakeholders to 
        participate) in such standards-setting bodies; and
            (2) equitably offer technical expertise to companies and a 
        wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but not including any 
        company or relevant stakeholder that the Assistant Secretary 
        has determined to be not trusted, (to the extent such 
        standards-setting bodies allow such stakeholders to 
        participate) to facilitate such participation.
    (b) Standards-Setting Bodies.--The standards-setting bodies 
referred to in subsection (a) include, but are not limited to--
            (1) the International Organization for Standardization;
            (2) 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
            (3) 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 of Commerce 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) Not trusted.--The term ``not trusted'' means, with 
        respect to a company or stakeholder, that the company or 
        stakeholder is determined by the Assistant Secretary to pose a 
        threat to the national security of the United States. In making 
        such a determination, the Assistant Secretary shall rely solely 
        on one or more of the following determinations:
                    (A) A specific determination made by any executive 
                branch interagency body with appropriate national 
                security expertise, including the Federal Acquisition 
                Security Council established under section 1322(a) of 
                title 41, United States Code.
                    (B) A specific determination made by the Department 
                of Commerce pursuant to Executive Order 13873 (84 Fed. 
                Reg. 22689; relating to securing the information and 
                communications technology and services supply chain).
                    (C) Whether a company or stakeholder produces or 
                provides covered telecommunications equipment or 
                services, as defined in section 889(f)(3) of the John 
                S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
                Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 1918).
                                                 Union Calendar No. 291

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4500

                      [Report No. 116-367, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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 communications standards-
                setting bodies, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            January 7, 2020

  Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment

                            January 7, 2020

Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed