[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4534]
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  SA 559. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title XVI, add the following:

     SEC. ___. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CRITICAL 
                   TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES 
                   OBTAINED FROM SUPPLIERS CLOSELY LINKED TO A 
                   LEADING CYBER-THREAT ACTOR.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on any critical telecommunications 
     equipment, technologies, or services obtained or used by the 
     Department of Defense or its contractors or subcontrators 
     that is--
       (1) manufactured by a foreign supplier, or a contractor or 
     subcontractor of such supplier, that is closely linked to a 
     leading cyber-threat actor; or
       (2) from an entity that incorporates or utilizes 
     information technology manufactured by a foreign supplier, or 
     a contractor or subcontractor of such supplier, that is 
     closely linked to a leading cyber-threat actor.
       (b) Form.--The report shall be submitted in unclassified 
     form, but may include a classified annex.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``leading cyber-threat actor'' means a country 
     identified as a leading threat actor in cyberspace in the 
     report entitled ``Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US 
     Intelligence Community'', dated May 11, 2017, and includes 
     the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
     the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and the Russian 
     Federation.
       (2) The term ``closely linked'', with respect to a foreign 
     supplier, contractor, or subcontrator and a leading cyber-
     threat actor, means the foreign supplier, contractor, or 
     subcontractor--
       (A) has ties to the military forces of such actor;
       (B) has ties to the intelligence services of such actor;
       (C) is the beneficiary of significant low interest or no-
     interest loans, loan forgiveness, or other support of such 
     actor; or
       (D) is incorporated or headquartered in the territory of 
     such actor.
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