IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3763 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 9, 2020 

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 2019’’. 

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 UNITED STATES AT INTERNATIONAL 

3 STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES. 

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

5 interagency working group to provide assistance and tech6 nical expertise to enhance the representation and leader7 ship of the United States at international standards-set8 ting bodies that set standards for equipment, systems, 

9 software, and virtually-defined networks that support 5th 

10 and future generations mobile telecommunications systems 

11 and infrastructure, such as the International Tele12 communication Union and the 3rd Generation Partnership 

13 Project. The President shall also work with allies and 

14 partners, as well as the private sector, to increase produc15 tive engagement. 

16 (b) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—The inter17 agency working group described in subsection (a) shall— 

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

19 designee of the Secretary of State; and 

20 (2) consist of the head (or designee) of each 

21 Federal department or agency the President deter22 mines appropriate. 

23 (c) BRIEFING.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and sub26 sequently thereafter as provided in paragraph (2), 


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1 the interagency working group described in sub2 section (a) shall provide to the Committee on For3 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 

4 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a 

5 briefing that shall include— 

6 (A) a strategy to promote United States 

7 leadership at international standards-setting 

8 bodies for equipment, systems, software, and 

9 virtually-defined networks relevant to 5th and 

10 future generation mobile telecommunications 

11 systems and infrastructure, taking into account 

12 the different processes followed by the various 

13 international standard-setting bodies; 

14 (B) a strategy for diplomatic engagement 

15 with allies and partners to share security risk 

16 information and findings pertaining to equip17 ment that supports or is used in 5th and future 

18 generations mobile telecommunications systems 

19 and infrastructure and cooperation on miti20 gating such risks; 

21 (C) a discussion of China’s presence and 

22 activities at international standards-setting bod23 ies relevant to 5th and future generation mobile 

24 telecommunications systems and infrastructure, 

25 including information on the differences in the 


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1 scope and scale of China’s engagement at such 

2 bodies compared to engagement by the United 

3 States or its allies and partners and the secu4 rity risks raised by Chinese proposals in such 

5 standards-setting bodies; and 

6 (D) a strategy for engagement with private 

7 sector communications and information service 

8 providers, equipment developers, academia, fed9 erally funded research and development centers, 

10 and other private-sector stakeholders to propose 

11 and develop secure standards for equipment, 

12 systems, software, and virtually-defined net13 works that support 5th and future generation 

14 mobile telecommunications systems and infra15 structure. 

16 (2) SUBSEQUENT BRIEFINGS.—Upon request 

17 by the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

18 of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

19 Relations of the Senate, or as determined appro20 priate by the chair of the interagency working group 

21 described in subsection (a), the interagency working 

22 group shall provide to the Committee on Foreign Af23 fairs of the House of Representatives and the Com24 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate an upVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Jan 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3763.RFS H3763

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1 dated briefing including the matters described in 

2 subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1). 

Passed the House of Representatives January 8, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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