[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 402 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 402

      To amend the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and 
  Accountability Act of 2015 to include a trade negotiating objective 
   relating to addressing the security of the global communications 
                            infrastructure.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 24, 2021

  Mr. Thune (for himself, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Fischer, and Mr. Warner) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and 
  Accountability Act of 2015 to include a trade negotiating objective 
   relating to addressing the security of the global communications 
                            infrastructure.

    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 ``Network Security Trade Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. TRADE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVE RELATING TO SECURITY OF 
              COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS.

    Section 102(a) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and 
Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4201(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (14), by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
        a semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (15), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(16) to ensure that the equipment and technology that 
        create the global communications infrastructure are not 
        compromised by addressing--
                    ``(A) barriers to the security of communications 
                networks and supply chains; and
                    ``(B) unfair trade practices of suppliers of 
                communications equipment that are owned, controlled, or 
                supported by a foreign government.''.
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