[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3919 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3919

 To ensure that the Federal Communications Commission does not approve 
      radio frequency devices that pose a national security risk.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2021

Mr. Scalise (for himself and Ms. Eshoo) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure that the Federal Communications Commission does not approve 
      radio frequency devices that pose a national security risk.

    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 Equipment Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. UPDATES TO EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZATION PROCESS OF FEDERAL 
              COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.

    (a) Rulemaking.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall conclude a 
        rulemaking proceeding, in accordance with paragraph (2), to 
        update the equipment authorization procedures of the 
        Commission.
            (2) Updates required.--In the rulemaking proceeding 
        conducted under paragraph (1), the Commission shall clarify 
        that the Commission will no longer review or approve any 
        application for equipment authorization for equipment that is 
        on the list of covered communications equipment or services 
        published by the Commission under section 2(a) of the Secure 
        and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 
        1601(a)).
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Commission'' means the 
Federal Communications Commission.
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