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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1934 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 18, 2022 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

To direct the Federal Government to provide assistance and 

technical expertise to enhance the representation and 

leadership of the United States at international standards-setting bodies that set standards for equipment, 

systems, software, and virtually defined networks that 

support 5th and future generations mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure, 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 International Leadership in 5G Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 

8 (1) the United States and its allies and part9 ners should maintain participation and leadership at 

10 international standards-setting bodies for 5th and 

11 future generations mobile telecommunications sys12 tems and infrastructure; 

13 (2) the United States should work with its allies 

14 and partners to encourage and facilitate the develop15 ment of secure supply chains and networks for 5th 

16 and future generations mobile telecommunications 

17 systems and infrastructure; and 

18 (3) the maintenance of a high standard of secu19 rity in telecommunications and cyberspace between 

20 the United States and its allies and partners is a na21 tional security interest of the United States. 


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1 SEC. 3. ENHANCING REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP 

2 OF THE UNITED STATES AT INTERNATIONAL 

3 STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish an 

5 interagency working group to work with allies and inter6 national partners to increase and align their engagement 

7 at multilateral international organizations, such as the 

8 International Telecommunications Union (ITU), that ad9 dress communications networks, standards, and security, 

10 including 5th and future generations mobile telecommuni11 cations and infrastructure. 

12 (b) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—The inter13 agency working group described in subsection (a) shall— 

14 (1) be chaired by the Secretary of State or a 

15 designee of the Secretary of State; and 

16 (2) consist of the head (or designee) of the De17 partment of Commerce and each Federal depart18 ment or agency the President determines appro19 priate. 

20 (c) FUNCTION.—The Secretary of State shall coordi21 nate with the members of the interagency working group 

22 to develop and implement a strategy for diplomatic en23 gagement with allies and partners and monitor engage24 ment by the Government of the People’s Republic of China 

25 and entities under its ownership, control, or influence at 


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1 multilateral international organizations described in sub2 section (a). 

3 (d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the interagency working 

5 group shall provide to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

6 and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

8 Relations and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

9 Transportation of the Senate a briefing that includes— 

10 (1) a strategy for diplomatic engagement with 

11 allies and partners to share security risk information 

12 and findings pertaining to equipment that supports 

13 or is used in 5th and future generations mobile tele14 communications systems and infrastructure and co15 operation on mitigating such risks; and 

16 (2) a discussion of China’s presence and activi17 ties at multilateral international organizations de18 scribed in subsection (a) relevant to 5th and future 

19 generation mobile telecommunications systems and 

20 infrastructure, including information on the dif21 ferences in the scope and scale of China’s engage22 ment, as well as the success rate of proposals by 

23 Chinese entities adopted into standards at such or24 ganizations compared to the engagement and success 

25 rate of proposals adopted by the United States or its 


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1 allies and partners, and noting any mandatory do2 mestic Chinese standards that are adopted at such 

3 organizations. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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