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Union Calendar No. 699 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1377 

[Report No. 118–860, Part I] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2023 

Mr. WALBERG (for himself, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, and Ms. 

KUSTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

DECEMBER 11, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

DECEMBER 11, 2024 

Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

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. 


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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 ‘‘Promoting United 

5 States Wireless Leadership Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP OF UNITED 

7 STATES IN COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS8 SETTING BODIES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to enhance the represen10 tation of the United States and promote United States 

11 leadership in standards-setting bodies that set standards 

12 for 5G networks and for future generations of wireless 

13 communications networks, the Assistant Secretary shall, 

14 in consultation with the National Institute of Standards 

15 and Technology— 

16 (1) equitably encourage participation by compa17 nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but 

18 not including any company or relevant stakeholder 

19 that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be 

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

21 bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) in 

22 such standards-setting bodies; and 

23 (2) equitably offer technical expertise to compa24 nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but 

25 not including any company or relevant stakeholder 


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1 that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be 

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

3 bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) to fa4 cilitate such participation. 

5 (b) STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES.—The standards6 setting bodies referred to in subsection (a) include— 

7 (1) the International Organization for Stand8 ardization; 

9 (2) the voluntary standards-setting bodies that 

10 develop protocols for wireless devices and other 

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

12 Electrical and Electronics Engineers; and 

13 (3) any standards-setting body accredited by 

14 the American National Standards Institute or Alli15 ance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. 

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

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

18 brief the Committees on Energy and Commerce and For19 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com20 mittees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and 

21 Foreign Relations of the Senate on a strategy to carry 

22 out subsection (a). 

23 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) 3GPP.—The term ‘‘3GPP’’ means the 3rd 

25 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 

20 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 

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


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Union Calendar No. 699 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1377 

[Report No. 118–860, Part I] 

A BILL 

To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

and for other purposes. ship in communications standards-setting bodies, United States and promote United States leaderactions to enhance the representation of the Communications and Information to take certain 

DECEMBER 11, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

DECEMBER 11, 2024 

Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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