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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2881 

To require the President to develop a strategy to ensure the security of 

next generation mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure 

in the United States and to assist allies and strategic partners in maximizing the security of next generation mobile telecommunications systems, infrastructure, and software, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2019 

Ms. SPANBERGER (for herself, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. ROONEY of 

Florida, Mr. O’HALLERAN, and Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana) 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 require the President to develop a strategy to ensure 

the security of next generation mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure in the United States 

and to assist allies and strategic partners in maximizing 

the security of next generation mobile telecommunications systems, infrastructure, and software, 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 ‘‘Secure 5G and Beyond 

3 Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO ENSURE SECURITY OF NEXT GEN5 ERATION MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 

6 SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 

7 (a) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE8 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit9 tees of Congress’’ means— 

10 (1) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 

11 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor12 tation, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

13 Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee 

14 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 

15 the Senate; and 

16 (2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel17 ligence, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

18 the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 

19 on Armed Services, and the Committee on Home20 land Security of the House of Representatives. 

21 (b) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, 

23 in consultation with the Chairman of the Federal Commu24 nications Commission, the Administrator of the National 

25 Telecommunications and Information Administration, the 

26 Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of National 


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1 Intelligence, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of 

2 Defense, shall develop and submit to the appropriate com3 mittees of Congress a strategy— 

4 (1) to ensure the security of 5th and future 

5 generations mobile telecommunications systems and 

6 infrastructure within the United States; 

7 (2) to assist mutual defense treaty allies of the 

8 United States, strategic partners of the United 

9 States, and other countries, when in the security in10 terests of the United States, in maximizing the secu11 rity of 5th and future generations mobile tele12 communications systems and infrastructure inside 

13 their countries; and 

14 (3) to protect the competitiveness of United 

15 States companies, privacy of United States con16 sumers, and integrity of standards setting bodies 

17 against political influence. 

18 (c) DESIGNATION.—The strategy developed under 

19 subsection (b) shall be known as the ‘‘Secure Next Genera20 tion Mobile Communications Strategy’’. 

21 (d) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 

22 (b) shall represent a whole-of-government approach and 

23 shall include the following: 

24 (1) A description of United States national and 

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1 ment of 5th and future generations mobile tele2 communications systems and infrastructure. 

3 (2) An identification and assessment of poten4 tial security threats and vulnerabilities to the infra5 structure, equipment, systems, software, and vir6 tually defined networks that support 5th and future 

7 generations mobile telecommunications systems and 

8 infrastructure. 

9 (3) A list of available domestic suppliers of 5th 

10 and future generations telecommunications equip11 ment and other suppliers in countries that are mu12 tual defense allies or strategic partners of the 

13 United States and a strategy to assess their ability 

14 to produce and supply 5th generation and future 

15 generations telecommunications systems and infra16 structure. 

17 (4) Identification of trusted supplier entities 

18 from both inside and outside the United States that 

19 are capable of producing and supplying to private in20 dustry infrastructure and systems equipment sup21 porting 5th and future generations mobile tele22 communications systems and infrastructure. 

23 (5) Identification of where security gaps exist in 

24 the United States domestic or mutual defense treaty 

25 allies and strategic partners telecommunications 


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1 equipment supply chain for 5th and future genera2 tions infrastructure and systems equipment. 

3 (6) Identification of incentives and policy op4 tions to help close or narrow such security gaps in 

5 the United States domestic industrial base, including 

6 research and development in critical technologies 

7 and workforce development in new generation tech8 nologies. 

9 (7) Identification of incentives and policy op10 tions for leveraging the telecommunications equip11 ment suppliers from mutual defense treaty allies, 

12 strategic partners, and other countries to ensure 

13 that private industry in the United States has ade14 quate sources for secure, effective, and reliable 5th 

15 and future generations mobile telecommunications 

16 systems and infrastructure equipment. 

17 (8) A strategy for diplomatic engagement with 

18 mutual defense treaty allies, strategic partners, and 

19 other countries to share security risk information 

20 and findings pertaining to 5th and future genera21 tions mobile telecommunications systems and infra22 structure equipment and cooperation on mitigating 

23 those risks. 

24 (9) A strategy for engagements with private 

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1 tems equipment developers to share information and 

2 findings on 5th and future generations mobile tele3 communication systems and infrastructure equip4 ment standards to secure platforms. 

5 (10) A strategy for diplomatic engagements 

6 with mutual defense treaty allies, strategic partners, 

7 and other countries to share information and find8 ings on 5th and future generations mobile tele9 communication systems and infrastructure equip10 ment standards and standards setting bodies to pro11 mote maximum interoperability, competitiveness, 

12 openness, and secure platforms. 

13 (11) A strategy for joint testing environments 

14 with mutual defense treaty allies, strategic partners, 

15 and other countries to ensure a trusted marketplace 

16 for 5th and future generations mobile telecommuni17 cation systems and infrastructure equipment. 

18 (12) A strategy for research and development 

19 by the Federal Government, in close partnership 

20 with trusted supplier entities, mutual defense treaty 

21 allies, strategic partners, and other countries to 

22 reach and maintain United States leadership in 5th 

23 and future generations communications security, in24 cluding the development of an ongoing monitoring 


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1 capability of 5th and future generations tele2 communications systems for security vulnerabilities. 

3 (13) Options for identifying and helping to 

4 mitigate the security risks of 5th and future genera5 tions telecommunications systems and infrastructure 

6 equipment with security flaws or vulnerabilities or 

7 equipment sourced from countries of concern that 

8 have already been put in place within mutual de9 fense treaty allies, strategic partners, and other 

10 countries, when in the security interests of the 

11 United States. 

12 (14) A description of the appropriate roles and 

13 missions of the Federal Communications Commis14 sion, the National Telecommunications and Informa15 tion Administration, the Department of Homeland 

16 Security, the intelligence community, the Depart17 ment of Justice, and the Department of Defense in 

18 executing the strategy. 

19 (15) Development of a plan that includes inter20 agency mechanisms for the National Telecommuni21 cations and Information Administration to act as the 

22 executive agent to coordinate implementation of the 

23 strategy. 

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1 sources necessary to implement the strategy, includ2 ing specific budgetary requests. 

3 (17) A description of such legislative or admin4 istrative action as may be necessary to carry out the 

5 strategy. 

6 (e) LIMITATION.—The strategy required by sub7 section (b) shall not include a recommendation or a pro8 posal to Federalize 5th or future generations mobile tele9 communications systems or infrastructure. 

10 (f) BRIEFING.—Not later than 14 days after the date 

11 on which the strategy required by subsection (b) is com12 pleted, the President’s designee shall provide to the appro13 priate committees of Congress a briefing on the implemen14 tation of the strategy. 

15 (g) IMPLEMENTATION.—The National Telecommuni16 cations and Information Administration shall act as the 

17 executive agent to coordinate implementation of the strat18 egy, and keep congressional committees apprised of 

19 progress on implementation. 

20 (h) FORM.—The strategy submitted under subsection 

21 (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in22 clude a classified annex. 

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