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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8000 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 11, 2020 

Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself and Mr. KINZINGER) introduced the following 

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

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Network Se5 curity Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURE AND TRUSTED COM2 MUNICATIONS NETWORKS REIMBURSEMENT 

3 PROGRAM. 

4 Section 4 of the Secure and Trusted Communications 

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

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

7 ‘‘2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘10,000,000’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

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

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

12 as defined in the Report and Order of the 

13 Commission in the matter of Protecting 

14 Against National Security Threats to the 

15 Communications Supply Chain Through 

16 FCC Programs (FCC 19–121; WC Docket 

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

18 (in this section referred to as the ‘Report 

19 and Order’) and subsequently reported to 

20 the Commission in response to its Feb21 ruary 26, 2020, Supply Chain Data Collec22 tion, and’’ after ‘‘services’’; 

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

24 reported to the Commission in response to 

25 its February 26, 2020, Supply Chain Data 

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


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

2 not reported to the Commission in re3 sponse to its February 26, 2020, Supply 

4 Chain Data Collection or’’ after ‘‘services 

5 that’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

7 (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘was re8 ported to the Commission in response to 

9 its February 26, 2020, Supply Chain Data 

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

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

12 not reported to the Commission in re13 sponse to its February 26, 2020, Supply 

14 Chain Data Collection or’’ after ‘‘service 

15 that’’; and 

16 (3) in subsection (d)(5)— 

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

18 Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to sub19 paragraph (C), the Commission’’; and 

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

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

22 after the date of enactment of this subpara23 graph, the Commission shall allocate sufficient 

24 reimbursement funds— 


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

2 have 2,000,000 or fewer customers, for re3 moval and replacement of covered commu4 nications equipment, as defined in section 

5 9; 

6 ‘‘(ii) after funds have been allocated 

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

8 approved applicants that are accredited 

9 public or private non-commercial edu10 cational institutions providing their own 

11 facilities-based education broadband serv12 ice, as defined in section 27.4 of title 47, 

13 Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc14 cessor regulation, for removal and replace15 ment of covered communications equip16 ment, as defined in the Report and Order; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(iii) after funds have been allocated 

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

20 approved applicants that are designated as 

21 eligible telecommunications carriers under 

22 section 214(e) of the Communications Act 

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

24 such a carrier, for removal and replace25 ment of covered communications equipVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:09 Aug 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8000.IH H8000

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1 ment, as defined in the Report and Order 

2 and subsequently reported to the Commis3 sion in response to its February 26, 2020, 

4 Supply Chain Data Collection.’’. 

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