[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 93 (Thursday, May 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3908-S3909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2096. 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 SECURE COMMUNICATIONS FUND.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``eligible company'' means a United States-
     headquartered company that demonstrates a likelihood of being 
     able to use a grant awarded under subsection (b) to achieve 
     the goal described in subsection (c);
       (2) the term ``end-to-end solution'' means the components 
     and software necessary to deploy a complete, integrated 
     wireless communications 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

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     ``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) Grant Program.--The Secretary, acting through the 
     Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
     Information, and in consultation with the Federal 
     Communications Commission, shall carry out a grant program to 
     achieve the goal described in subsection (c).
       (c) Goal.--A grant awarded under subsection (b) shall be 
     designed to accelerate the development and deployment by an 
     eligible company of secure, end-to-end solutions for wireless 
     communications utilizing Open RAN technologies in order to 
     enhance the safety and security of the telecommunications 
     architecture of the United States.
       (d) Maximum Grant Amount.--The amount of a grant awarded to 
     an eligible company under subsection (b) may not exceed 
     $100,000,000 per year.
       (e) Relation to Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation 
     Fund.--The grant program carried out under subsection (b) 
     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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