[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 893 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 893
To require the President to develop a strategy to ensure the security
of next generation mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure
in the United States and to assist allies and strategic partners in
maximizing the security of next generation mobile telecommunications
systems, infrastructure, and software, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 27, 2019
Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Burr, Mr. Warner, Ms. Collins, Mr. Rubio,
Mr. Bennet, Mr. Cotton, and Mrs. Feinstein) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To require the President to develop a strategy to ensure the security
of next generation mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure
in the United States and to assist allies and strategic partners in
maximizing the security of next generation mobile telecommunications
systems, infrastructure, and software, 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 ``Secure 5G and Beyond Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO ENSURE SECURITY OF NEXT GENERATION MOBILE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(1) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the Committee on Foreign
Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
and
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives.
(b) Strategy Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation with the
Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, the Administrator of
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence,
the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Defense, shall develop and
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy--
(1) to ensure the security of 5th and future generations
mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure within the
United States;
(2) to assist mutual defense treaty allies of the United
States, strategic partners of the United States, and other
countries, when in the security interests of the United States,
in maximizing the security of 5th and future generations mobile
telecommunications systems and infrastructure inside their
countries; and
(3) to protect the competitiveness of United States
companies, privacy of United States consumers, and integrity of
standards setting bodies against political influence.
(c) Designation.--The strategy developed under subsection (b) shall
be known as the ``Secure Next Generation Mobile Communications
Strategy''.
(d) Elements.--The strategy required by subsection (b) shall
represent a whole-of-government approach and shall include the
following:
(1) A description of United States national and economic
security interests pertaining to the deployment of 5th and
future generations mobile telecommunications systems and
infrastructure.
(2) An identification and assessment of potential security
threats and vulnerabilities to the infrastructure, equipment,
systems, software, and virtually defined networks that support
5th and future generations mobile telecommunications systems
and infrastructure.
(3) A list of available domestic suppliers of 5th and
future generations telecommunications equipment and other
suppliers in countries that are mutual defense allies or
strategic partners of the United States and a strategy to
assess their ability to produce and supply 5th generation and
future generations telecommunications systems and
infrastructure.
(4) Identification of trusted supplier entities from both
inside and outside the United States that are capable of
producing and supplying to private industry infrastructure and
systems equipment supporting 5th and future generations mobile
telecommunications systems and infrastructure.
(5) Identification of where security gaps exist in the
United States domestic or mutual defense treaty allies and
strategic partners telecommunications equipment supply chain
for 5th and future generations infrastructure and systems
equipment.
(6) Identification of incentives and policy options to help
close or narrow such security gaps in the United States
domestic industrial base, including research and development in
critical technologies and workforce development in new
generation technologies.
(7) Identification of incentives and policy options for
leveraging the telecommunications equipment suppliers from
mutual defense treaty allies, strategic partners, and other
countries to ensure that private industry in the United States
has adequate sources for secure, effective, and reliable 5th
and future generations mobile telecommunications systems and
infrastructure equipment.
(8) A strategy for diplomatic engagement with mutual
defense treaty allies, strategic partners, and other countries
to share security risk information and findings pertaining to
5th and future generations mobile telecommunications systems
and infrastructure equipment and cooperation on mitigating
those risks.
(9) A strategy for engagements with private sector
telecommunications infrastructure and systems equipment
developers to share information and findings on 5th and future
generations mobile telecommunication systems and infrastructure
equipment standards to secure platforms.
(10) A strategy for diplomatic engagements with mutual
defense treaty allies, strategic partners, and other countries
to share information and findings on 5th and future generations
mobile telecommunication systems and infrastructure equipment
standards and standards setting bodies to promote maximum
interoperability, competitiveness, openness, and secure
platforms.
(11) A strategy for joint testing environments with mutual
defense treaty allies, strategic partners, and other countries
to ensure a trusted marketplace for 5th and future generations
mobile telecommunication systems and infrastructure equipment.
(12) A strategy for research and development by the Federal
Government, in close partnership with trusted supplier
entities, mutual defense treaty allies, strategic partners, and
other countries to reach and maintain United States leadership
in 5th and future generations communications security,
including the development of an ongoing monitoring capability
of 5th and future generations telecommunications systems for
security vulnerabilities.
(13) Options for identifying and helping to mitigate the
security risks of 5th and future generations telecommunications
systems and infrastructure equipment with security flaws or
vulnerabilities or equipment sourced from countries of concern
that have already been put in place within mutual defense
treaty allies, strategic partners, and other countries, when in
the security interests of the United States.
(14) A description of the appropriate roles and missions of
the Federal Communications Commission, the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, the
Department of Homeland Security, the intelligence community,
the Department of Justice, and the Department of Defense in
executing the strategy.
(15) Development of a plan that includes interagency
mechanisms for the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration to act as the executive agent to coordinate
implementation of the strategy.
(16) An identification of the key diplomatic, development,
intelligence, military, and economic resources necessary to
implement the strategy, including specific budgetary requests.
(17) A description of such legislative or administrative
action as may be necessary to carry out the strategy.
(e) Limitation.--The strategy required by subsection (b) shall not
include a recommendation or a proposal to Federalize 5th or future
generations mobile telecommunications systems or infrastructure.
(f) Briefing.--Not later than 14 days after the date on which the
strategy required by subsection (b) is completed, the President's
designee shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a
briefing on the implementation of the strategy.
(g) Implementation.--The National Telecommunications and
Information Administration shall act as the executive agent to
coordinate implementation of the strategy, and keep congressional
committees apprised of progress on implementation.
(h) Form.--The strategy submitted under subsection (b) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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