[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 140 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5849-S5850]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3946. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ____. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of 
     National Intelligence, shall certify to the

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     congressional defense committees and the congressional 
     intelligence committees that there are no known devices, 
     components, subcomponents, or software embedded within or 
     with access to any operational or business data or voice 
     network of the Department of Defense, including intranets, 
     that are produced by Huawei Technologies Company, ZTE 
     Corporation, any subsidiary or affiliate of such entity, or 
     any other Chinese telecommunication or technology entity.
       (b)(1) If it is not possible to make a certification under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
     with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to 
     the congressional defense committees a report detailing all 
     instances of known devices, components, subcomponents, or 
     software embedded within or with access to any operational or 
     business data or voice network of the Department of Defense, 
     including intranets, that are produced by Huawei Technologies 
     Company, ZTE Corporation, any subsidiary or affiliate of such 
     entity, or any other Chinese telecommunication or technology 
     entity, and including a plan to excise such devices, 
     components, subcomponents, or software within 30 days of the 
     report.
       (2) The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted 
     in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
       (c)(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the 
     congressional intelligence committees a report on the 
     following:
       (A) The threat that incorporating devices, components, 
     subcomponents, or software produced by Chinese 
     telecommunication or technology entities into operational or 
     business data and voice networks of the Department of Defense 
     poses to the national security of the United States.
       (B) The extent to which Chinese telecommunications 
     equipment and components are embedded within operational or 
     business data and voice networks of the Department of 
     Defense, and how many Chinese telecommunications technology 
     components have been removed during the two-year period 
     preceding the report.
       (C) The prevalence of Chinese-origin telecommunications 
     equipment available for sale on military installations of the 
     United States.
       (D) The privacy and security threats posed to members of 
     the Armed Forces and their families by the use of Chinese-
     origin telecommunications devices, components, subcomponents, 
     and software, including mobile phones, fitness monitors with 
     tracking capabilities, routers, and other household 
     components.
       (2) The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted 
     in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
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