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Calendar No. 640 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4472 

To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Network Reimbursement 

Program to include eligible telecommunications carriers and providers 

of educational broadband service, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 6, 2020 

Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON, and Mr. BLUNT) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

DECEMBER 15, 2020 

Reported by Mr. WICKER, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Network 

Reimbursement Program to include eligible telecommunications carriers and providers of educational broadband 

service, 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 ‘‘Ensuring Network Se3 curity Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURE AND TRUSTED COM5 MUNICATIONS NETWORKS REIMBURSEMENT 

6 PROGRAM. 

7 Section 4 of the Secure and Trusted Communications 

8 Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1603) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 

10 ‘‘2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘10,000,000’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (c)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

13 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

14 by inserting ‘‘, as defined in section 9 or 

15 as defined in the Report and Order of the 

16 Commission in the matter of Protecting 

17 Against National Security Threats to the 

18 Communications Supply Chain Through 

19 FCC Programs (FCC 19–121; WC Docket 

20 No. 18–89; adopted November 22, 2019) 

21 (in this section referred to as the ‘Report 

22 and Order’) and subsequently reported to 

23 the Commission in response to its Feb24 ruary 26, 2020, Supply Chain Data Collec25 tion, and’’ after ‘‘services’’; 


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1 (ii) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘were 

2 reported to the Commission in response to 

3 its February 26, 2020, Supply Chain Data 

4 Collection or’’ after ‘‘services that’’; and 

5 (iii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘were 

6 not reported to the Commission in re7 sponse to its February 26, 2020, Supply 

8 Chain Data Collection or’’ after ‘‘services 

9 that’’; and 

10 (B) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

11 (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘was re12 ported to the Commission in response to 

13 its February 26, 2020, Supply Chain Data 

14 Collection or’’ after ‘‘service that’’; and 

15 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘was 

16 not reported to the Commission in re17 sponse to its February 26, 2020, Supply 

18 Chain Data Collection or’’ after ‘‘service 

19 that’’; and 

20 (3) in subsection (d)(5)— 

21 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The 

22 Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to sub23 paragraph (C), the Commission’’; and 

24 (B) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY FOR ALLOCATION.—On and 

2 after the date of enactment of this subpara3 graph, the Commission shall allocate sufficient 

4 reimbursement funds— 

5 ‘‘(i) first, to approved applicants that 

6 have 2,000,000 or fewer customers, for re7 moval and replacement of covered commu8 nications equipment, as defined in section 

9 9; 

10 ‘‘(ii) after funds have been allocated 

11 to all applicants described in clause (i), to 

12 approved applicants that are accredited 

13 public or private non-commercial edu14 cational institutions providing their own 

15 facilities-based education broadband serv16 ice, as defined in section 27.4 of title 47, 

17 Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc18 cessor regulation, for removal and replace19 ment of covered communications equip20 ment, as defined in the Report and Order; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(iii) after funds have been allocated 

23 to all applicants described in clause (ii), to 

24 approved applicants that are designated as 

25 eligible telecommunications carriers under 


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1 section 214(e) of the Communications Act 

2 of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 214(e)) or affiliates of 

3 such a carrier, for removal and replace4 ment of covered communications equip5 ment, as defined in the Report and Order 

6 and subsequently reported to the Commis7 sion in response to its February 26, 2020, 

8 Supply Chain Data Collection.’’. 

9 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Network Secu11 rity Act’’. 

12 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURE AND TRUSTED COM13 MUNICATIONS NETWORK REIMBURSEMENT 

14 PROGRAM. 

15 The Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 

16 Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended— 

17 (1) in section 4 (47 U.S.C. 1603)— 

18 (A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 

19 ‘‘2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘10,000,000’’; 

20 (B) in subsection (c)— 

21 (i) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

22 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

23 (i), by striking ‘‘before’’; 

24 (II) by amending clause (i) to 

25 read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(i) as defined in the Report and 

2 Order of the Commission in the matter of 

3 Protecting Against National Security 

4 Threats to the Communications Supply 

5 Chain Through FCC Programs (FCC 19– 

6 121; WC Docket No. 18–89; adopted Novem7 ber 22, 2019) (in this section referred to as 

8 the ‘Report and Order’); or’’; and 

9 (III) by amending clause (ii) to 

10 read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(ii) as determined to be covered by 

12 both the process of the Report and Order 

13 and the Designation Orders of the Commis14 sion on June 30, 2020 (DA 20–690; PS 

15 Docket No. 19–351; adopted June 30, 2020) 

16 (DA 20–691; PS Docket No. 19–352; adopt17 ed June 30, 2020) (in this section collec18 tively referred to as the ‘Designation Or19 ders’);’’; and 

20 (ii) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

21 (I) by amending clauses (i) and 

22 (ii) to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(i) publication of the Report and 

24 Order; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) in the case of covered communica2 tions equipment that only became covered 

3 pursuant to the Designation Orders, June 

4 30, 2020; or’’; 

5 (C) in subsection (d)(5)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

7 ‘‘The Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject 

8 to subparagraph (C), the Commission’’; and 

9 (ii) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY FOR ALLOCATION.—On and 

11 after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, 

12 the Commission shall allocate sufficient reim13 bursement funds— 

14 ‘‘(i) first, to approved applicants that 

15 have 2,000,000 or fewer customers, for re16 moval and replacement of covered commu17 nications equipment, as defined in section 9 

18 or as designated by the process set forth in 

19 the Report and Order; 

20 ‘‘(ii) after funds have been allocated to 

21 all applicants described in clause (i), to ap22 proved applicants that are accredited public 

23 or private non-commercial educational in24 stitutions providing their own facilities25 based educational broadband service, as deVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:50 Dec 16, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\S4472.RS S4472

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1 fined in section 27.4 of title 47, Code of 

2 Federal Regulations, or any successor regu3 lation, for removal and replacement of cov4 ered communications equipment, as defined 

5 in section 9 or as designated by the process 

6 set forth in the Report and Order; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) after funds have been allocated to 

8 all applicants described in clause (ii), to 

9 any remaining approved applicants deter10 mined to be eligible for reimbursement 

11 under the Program.’’; and 

12 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(k) LIMITATION.—In carrying out this section, the 

14 Commission may not expend more than $1,900,000,000.’’; 

15 and 

16 (2) in section 9 (47 U.S.C. 1608), by amending 

17 paragraph (10) to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(10) PROVIDER OF ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS

19 SERVICE.—The term ‘provider of advanced commu20 nications service’— 

21 ‘‘(A) means a person who provides ad22 vanced communications service to United States 

23 customers; and 

24 ‘‘(B) includes— 


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1 ‘‘(i) accredited public or private non2 commercial educational institutions pro3 viding their own facilities-based educational 

4 broadband service, as defined in section 

5 27.4 of title 47, Code of Federal Regula6 tions, or any successor regulation; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) health care providers and librar8 ies providing advanced communications 

9 service.’’. 


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Calendar No. 640 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4472 

A BILL 

To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications 

purposes. of educational broadband service, and for other gible telecommunications carriers and providers Network Reimbursement Program to include eliDECEMBER 15, 2020 

Reported with an amendment 


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