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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1377 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 17 (legislative day, DECEMBER 16), 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States and promote United States leadership in communications standards-setting bodies, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting United 

3 States Wireless Leadership Act of 2023’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP OF UNITED 

5 STATES IN COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS6 SETTING BODIES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to enhance the represen8 tation of the United States and promote United States 

9 leadership in standards-setting bodies that set standards 

10 for 5G networks and for future generations of wireless 

11 communications networks, the Assistant Secretary shall, 

12 in consultation with the National Institute of Standards 

13 and Technology— 

14 (1) equitably encourage participation by compa15 nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but 

16 not including any company or relevant stakeholder 

17 that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be 

18 not trusted, (to the extent such standards-setting 

19 bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) in 

20 such standards-setting bodies; and 

21 (2) equitably offer technical expertise to compa22 nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but 

23 not including any company or relevant stakeholder 

24 that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be 

25 not trusted, (to the extent such standards-setting 


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1 bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) to fa2 cilitate such participation. 

3 (b) STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES.—The standards4 setting bodies referred to in subsection (a) include— 

5 (1) the International Organization for Stand6 ardization; 

7 (2) the voluntary standards-setting bodies that 

8 develop protocols for wireless devices and other 

9 equipment, such as the 3GPP and the Institute of 

10 Electrical and Electronics Engineers; and 

11 (3) any standards-setting body accredited by 

12 the American National Standards Institute or Alli13 ance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. 

14 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall 

16 brief the Committees on Energy and Commerce and For17 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com18 mittees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and 

19 Foreign Relations of the Senate on a strategy to carry 

20 out subsection (a). 

21 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) 3GPP.—The term ‘‘3GPP’’ means the 3rd 

23 Generation Partnership Project. 


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1 (2) 5G NETWORK.—The term ‘‘5G network’’ 

2 means a fifth-generation mobile network as de3 scribed by 3GPP Release 15 or higher. 

4 (3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist5 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

6 Commerce for Communications and Information. 

7 (4) CLOUD COMPUTING.—The term ‘‘cloud 

8 computing’’ has the meaning given the term in Spe9 cial Publication 800–145 of the National Institute of 

10 Standards and Technology, entitled ‘‘The NIST Def11 inition of Cloud Computing’’, published in Sep12 tember 2011, or any successor publication. 

13 (5) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.—The term 

14 ‘‘communications network’’ means any of the fol15 lowing: 

16 (A) A system enabling the transmission, 

17 between or among points specified by the user, 

18 of information of the user’s choosing. 

19 (B) Cloud computing resources. 

20 (C) A network or system used to access 

21 cloud computing resources. 

22 (6) NOT TRUSTED.—The term ‘‘not trusted’’ 

23 means, with respect to a company or stakeholder, 

24 that the company or stakeholder is determined by 

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1 tional security of the United States. In making such 

2 a determination, the Assistant Secretary shall rely 

3 solely on one or more of the following determina4 tions: 

5 (A) A specific determination made by any 

6 executive branch interagency body with appro7 priate national security expertise, including the 

8 Federal Acquisition Security Council estab9 lished under section 1322(a) of title 41, United 

10 States Code. 

11 (B) A specific determination made by the 

12 Department of Commerce pursuant to Execu13 tive Order No. 13873 (84 Fed. Reg. 22689; re14 lating to securing the information and commu15 nications technology and services supply chain). 

16 (C) Whether a company or stakeholder 

17 produces or provides covered telecommuni18 cations equipment or services, as defined in sec19 tion 889(f)(3) of the John S. McCain National 


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1 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 

2 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1918). 

Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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