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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1354 

To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary 

of Commerce for Communications and Information, to report on and 

develop a whole-of-Government strategy with respect to the economic 

competitiveness of the information and communication technology supply 

chain, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2023 

Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the 

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 

and Information, to report on and develop a whole-ofGovernment strategy with respect to the economic competitiveness of the information and communication technology supply chain, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Information and Com5 munication Technology Strategy Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OF INFORMATION 

2 AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPLY 

3 CHAIN. 

4 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

6 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

8 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 

9 information and communication technology supply chain 

10 that— 

11 (1) identifies— 

12 (A) information and communication tech13 nology critical to the economic competitiveness 

14 of the United States; and 

15 (B) the industrial capacity of— 

16 (i) United States vendors that 

17 produce information and communication 

18 technology identified under subparagraph 

19 (A); and 

20 (ii) trusted information and commu21 nication technology vendors that produce 

22 information and communication technology 

23 identified under subparagraph (A); 

24 (2) assesses the economic competitiveness of 

25 vendors described under paragraph (1)(B); 


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1 (3) assesses whether, and to what extent, there 

2 is a dependence by providers of advanced tele3 communications capability in the United States on 

4 information and communication technology identified 

5 under paragraph (1)(A) that is not trusted; 

6 (4) identifies— 

7 (A) what actions by the Federal Govern8 ment are needed to support, and bolster the 

9 economic competitiveness of, trusted informa10 tion and communication technology vendors; 

11 and 

12 (B) what Federal resources are needed to 

13 reduce dependence by providers of advanced 

14 telecommunications capability in the United 

15 States on companies that— 

16 (i) produce information and commu17 nication technology; and 

18 (ii) are not trusted; and 

19 (5) defines lines of effort and assigns respon20 sibilities for a whole-of-Government response to en21 suring the competitiveness of the information and 

22 communication technology supply chain in the 

23 United States. 

24 (b) WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT STRATEGY.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop, 

2 on the basis of the report required by subsection (a), 

3 a whole-of-Government strategy to ensure the eco4 nomic competitiveness of trusted information and 

5 communication technology vendors that includes— 

6 (A) recommendations on how— 

7 (i) to strengthen the structure, re8 sources, and authorities of the Federal 

9 Government to support the economic com10 petitiveness of trusted information and 

11 communication technology vendors, includ12 ing United States vendors that are trusted 

13 information and communication technology 

14 vendors; and 

15 (ii) the Federal Government can ad16 dress any barriers to a market-based solu17 tion for increasing the economic competi18 tiveness of such information and commu19 nication technology vendors; 

20 (B) defined lines of effort and responsibil21 ities for Federal agencies to implement the 

22 strategy; and 

23 (C) a description of— 

24 (i) any change to a Federal program, 

25 Federal law, or structure of the Federal 


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1 Government necessary to implement any 

2 recommendation under subparagraph (A); 

3 and 

4 (ii) any additional Federal resource 

5 necessary to implement any recommenda6 tion under subparagraph (A). 

7 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the submission of the report required by subsection 

9 (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 

10 Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa11 tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

12 Transportation of the Senate a report containing the 

13 strategy developed under paragraph (1). 

14 (c) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—In carrying out sub15 sections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall consult with— 

16 (1) a cross-section of trusted information and 

17 communication technology vendors; and 

18 (2) the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 

19 Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Direc20 tor of National Intelligence, the Chair of the Federal 

21 Communications Commission, and any other head of 

22 an agency the Secretary determines necessary. 

23 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CAPA25 BILITY.—The term ‘‘advanced telecommunications 


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1 capability’’ has the meaning given that term in sec2 tion 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 

3 U.S.C. 1302). 

4 (2) INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECH5 NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘information and communica6 tion technology’’ means a technology (including soft7 ware), component, or material that enables commu8 nications by radio or wire. 

9 (3) INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECH10 NOLOGY SUPPLY CHAIN.—The term ‘‘information 

11 and communication technology supply chain’’ means 

12 all of the companies that produce information and 

13 communication technology. 

14 (4) NOT TRUSTED.—The term ‘‘not trusted’’ 

15 means, with respect to a company or information 

16 and communication technology, that the company or 

17 information and communication technology is deter18 mined by the Secretary to pose an unacceptable risk 

19 to the national security of the United States or the 

20 security and safety of United States persons based 

21 solely on one or more determinations described 

22 under paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 2(c) of 

23 the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 

24 Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601(c)). 


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1 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the As3 sistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 

4 and Information. 

5 (6) TRUSTED.—The term ‘‘trusted’’ means, 

6 with respect to a company, that the Secretary has 

7 not determined that the company is not trusted. 

8 (7) TRUSTED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICA9 TION TECHNOLOGY VENDOR.—The term ‘‘trusted in10 formation and communication technology vendor’’ 

11 means a company— 

12 (A) that produces information and commu13 nication technology; and 

14 (B) that is trusted. 

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