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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1377 

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 

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. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP OF UNITED 

2 STATES IN COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS3 SETTING BODIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to enhance the represen5 tation of the United States and promote United States 

6 leadership in standards-setting bodies that set standards 

7 for 5G networks and for future generations of wireless 

8 communications networks, the Assistant Secretary shall, 

9 in consultation with the National Institute of Standards 

10 and Technology— 

11 (1) equitably encourage participation by compa12 nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but 

13 not including any company or relevant stakeholder 

14 that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be 

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

16 bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) in 

17 such standards-setting bodies; and 

18 (2) equitably offer technical expertise to compa19 nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but 

20 not including any company or relevant stakeholder 

21 that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be 

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

23 bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) to fa24 cilitate such participation. 

25 (b) STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES.—The standards26 setting bodies referred to in subsection (a) include— 


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1 (1) the International Organization for Stand2 ardization; 

3 (2) the voluntary standards-setting bodies that 

4 develop protocols for wireless devices and other 

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

6 Electrical and Electronics Engineers; and 

7 (3) any standards-setting body accredited by 

8 the American National Standards Institute or Alli9 ance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. 

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

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

12 brief the Committees on Energy and Commerce and For13 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com14 mittees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and 

15 Foreign Relations of the Senate on a strategy to carry 

16 out subsection (a). 

17 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) 3GPP.—The term ‘‘3GPP’’ means the 3rd 

19 Generation Partnership Project. 

20 (2) 5G NETWORK.—The term ‘‘5G network’’ 

21 means a fifth-generation mobile network as de22 scribed by 3GPP Release 15 or higher. 

23 (3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist24 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

25 Commerce for Communications and Information. 


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

2 computing’’ has the meaning given the term in Spe3 cial Publication 800–145 of the National Institute of 

4 Standards and Technology, entitled ‘‘The NIST Def5 inition of Cloud Computing’’, published in Sep6 tember 2011, or any successor publication. 

7 (5) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.—The term 

8 ‘‘communications network’’ means any of the fol9 lowing: 

10 (A) A system enabling the transmission, 

11 between or among points specified by the user, 

12 of information of the user’s choosing. 

13 (B) Cloud computing resources. 

14 (C) A network or system used to access 

15 cloud computing resources. 

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

17 means, with respect to a company or stakeholder, 

18 that the company or stakeholder is determined by 

19 the Assistant Secretary to pose a threat to the na20 tional security of the United States. In making such 

21 a determination, the Assistant Secretary shall rely 

22 solely on one or more of the following determina23 tions: 

24 (A) A specific determination made by any 

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1 priate national security expertise, including the 

2 Federal Acquisition Security Council estab3 lished under section 1322(a) of title 41, United 

4 States Code. 

5 (B) A specific determination made by the 

6 Department of Commerce pursuant to Execu7 tive Order No. 13873 (84 Fed. Reg. 22689; re8 lating to securing the information and commu9 nications technology and services supply chain). 

10 (C) Whether a company or stakeholder 

11 produces or provides covered telecommuni12 cations equipment or services, as defined in sec13 tion 889(f)(3) of the John S. McCain National 

14 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 

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

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