[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1906. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. 5G COMMUNICATIONS FUND.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``eligible company'' means a United States-
     headquartered company that submits a proposal to the 
     Secretary that demonstrates a likelihood of being able to use 
     a grant awarded under subsection (c) to achieve the goals 
     described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b);
       (2) the term ``end-to-end solution'' means the necessary 
     components and software deploy a complete, integrated 
     network, including the core, radio access network, and 
     interoperable equipment interfaces;
       (3) the term ``Open RAN'' means open, interface standards-
     based compatible, interoperable radio access network 
     architectures, such as equipment and software developed 
     pursuant to the standards set forth by organizations such as 
     the O-RAN Alliance, the Telecom Infra Project, the Third 
     Generation Partnership Project (commonly known as ``3GPP''), 
     the Open-RAN Software Community, or any successor 
     organizations;
       (4) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce; 
     and
       (5) the term ``United States-headquartered company'' means 
     a company or other business entity that, as determined by the 
     Secretary--
       (A) conducts a significant level of its research, 
     development, engineering, manufacturing, integration, 
     services, and information technology activities in the United 
     States; and
       (B) is a company or other business entity the majority 
     ownership or control of which is by United States citizens.
       (b) Findings.--Congress finds that it is in the national 
     interest of the United States to--
       (1) identify, accelerate, and deploy innovation aimed at 
     providing secure, end-to-end solutions for wireless 
     communications networks comprising radio access and core to 
     enhance the safety of the telecommunications architecture of 
     the United States;
       (2) ensure that the planning, design, engineering, 
     deployment, and financing of networks described in paragraph 
     (1) with Open RAN is conducted in an efficient and effective 
     manner; and
       (3) promote the rapid deployment of the end-to-end 
     solutions described in paragraph (1) by United States-
     headquartered companies.
       (c) Establishment of Grant Program.--The Secretary, acting 
     through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
     Communications and Information, and in consultation with the 
     Federal Communications Commission, the Under Secretary of 
     Commerce for Standards and Technology, the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director 
     of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity of 
     the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
     establish a grant program under which the Secretary awards 
     grants to eligible companies to accelerate the development 
     and deployment of Open RAN elements and networks using Open 
     RAN specifications and interoperability for integrated Open 
     RAN 5G networks capable of competing globally.
       (d) Maximum Grant Amount.--The amount of a grant awarded to 
     an eligible company under subsection (c) may not exceed 
     $100,000,000 per year.
       (e) Direct Appropriation.--There is appropriated, out of 
     amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2026, $750,000,000.
       (f) Relation to Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation 
     Fund.--The grant program established under subsection (c) and 
     the amounts appropriated for that program under subsection 
     (e) shall be separate from the Public Wireless Supply Chain 
     Innovation Fund established under section 9202(a)(1) of the 
     William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) and the amounts 
     appropriated for that Fund under section 1003 of this Act.
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