[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3387-S3388]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 6214. Mr. BANKS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. ANNUAL DETERMINATION REGARDING ENTITIES ON THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHINESE MILITARY COMPANY
LIST.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal
Communications Commission.
(3) Communications equipment or service.--The term
``communications equipment or service'' has the meaning given
the term in section 9 of the Secure and Trusted
Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608).
(4) Interagency body.--The term ``interagency body'' means
an executive branch interagency body described in section
2(c)(1) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act
of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601(c)(1)).
(b) Specific Determination Request.--Not later than 30 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less
frequently than annually thereafter, the Commission shall
request that an interagency body, including the Committee for
the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States
Telecommunications Services Sector, as established under
Executive Order 13913 (85 Fed. Reg 19643; relating to
establishing the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign
Participation in the United States Telecommunications
Services Sector), make a specific determination regarding
whether communications equipment or services produced or
provided by either of the following poses unacceptable risks
to the national security of the United States or the safety
and security of United States persons:
(1) An entity identified on the list maintained under
section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law
116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).
(2) An affiliate, subsidiary, or joint venture partner of
an entity described in paragraph (1).
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(c) Specific Determination Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date on
which an interagency body receives a request from the
Commission under subsection (b), the interagency body shall
make the determination requested.
(2) Requirements.--
(A) In general.--In making a determination described in
paragraph (1), an interagency body shall make a specific
assessment with respect to each of the entities described in
subparagraph (B) and determine whether, for each of those
entities, communications equipment or services produced or
provided by that entity pose unacceptable risks to the
national security of the United States or the safety and
security of United States persons.
(B) Entities described.--An entity described in this
subparagraph is each of the following (including any
affiliate, subsidiary, or joint venture partner of such an
entity):
(i) Hangzhou Yushu Technology Co., Ltd. (commonly known as
``Unitree'').
(ii) BGI Group.
(iii) MGI Tech Co., Ltd.
(iv) Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd.
(v) China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.
(vi) Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (commonly
known as ``CATL'').
(vii) BYD Co., Ltd.
(viii) WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd.
(ix) Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. (commonly known
as ``YMTC'').
(x) ChangXin Memory Technologies, Inc. (commonly known as
``CXMT'').
(3) Scope of review.--In making a specific determination
under this subsection, an interagency body shall consider
whether communications equipment or services produced or
provided by an entity described in paragraph (2)(B)--
(A) are capable of being used to conduct surveillance,
collect data, or facilitate unauthorized access to
telecommunications networks of the United States or allies of
the United States;
(B) contain backdoors, malicious code, or hardware
vulnerabilities that could enable exploitation by a foreign
adversary described in section 791.4 of title 15, Code of
Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation;
(C) are subject to the laws, directives, or policies of the
People's Republic of China that could compel assistance to
Chinese intelligence or security services, including pursuant
to the National Intelligence Law of the People's Republic of
China (2017) or the Cybersecurity Law of the People's
Republic of China (2017); or
(D) could otherwise pose an unacceptable risk to the
national security of the United States or the security and
safety of United States persons.
(d) Treatment of Specific Determination.--After an
interagency body makes a specific determination under
subsection (c)--
(1) the interagency body shall--
(A) transmit that specific determination to the Commission;
and
(B) submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report regarding the results of that specific determination;
and
(2) if the interagency body, in that specific
determination, determines that communications equipment or
services produced or provided by an entity pose unacceptable
risks to the national security of the United States or the
safety and security of United States persons, the Commission
shall add those communication equipment or services to the
list published under section 2 of the Secure and Trusted
Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601).
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