[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3459]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2032. Mrs. BLACKBURN 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:

        Beginning on page 341, strike line 22 and all that follows 
     through page 342, line 19, and insert the following:
       (l) Determination Related to Optical Fiber.--
       (1) Proceeding.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
     enactment of this division, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
     commence a process to make a determination for purposes of 
     section 2 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 
     Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601) whether future transactions 
     involving optical fiber manufactured, produced, or 
     distributed by an entity owned, controlled, or supported by 
     the People's Republic of China would pose an unacceptable 
     risk to the national security of the United States or the 
     security and safety of United States persons.
       (2) Communication of determination.--If the Secretary 
     determines pursuant to paragraph (1) that future transactions 
     involving such optical fiber would pose an unacceptable risk 
     consistent with that paragraph, the Secretary shall 
     immediately transmit that determination to the Federal 
     Communications Commission consistent with section 2 of the 
     Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 
     U.S.C. 1601).
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