[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3539]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2085. 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 Certain Optical Transmission 
     Equipment.--
       (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 transmission equipment that is 
     manufactured, produced, or distributed by an entity owned, 
     controlled, or supported by the People's Republic of China 
     and that is capable of routing or redirecting user data 
     traffic or permitting visibility into any user data or 
     packets that such equipment transmits or handles 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 transmission equipment 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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