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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4463 

To direct the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information to 

take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States 

and promote United States leadership in international communications 

standards-setting bodies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 

Mr. WALBERG (for himself, Mrs. DINGELL, and Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To direct the Assistant Secretary for Communications and 

Information to take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States and promote United 

States leadership in international communications standards-setting bodies, 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 ‘‘Promoting United 

5 States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP OF UNITED 

2 STATES IN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICA3 TIONS STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to enhance the represen5 tation of the United States and promote United States 

6 leadership in international standards-setting bodies that 

7 set standards for 5G networks and for future generations 

8 of wireless communications networks, the Assistant Sec9 retary shall, in consultation with the National Institute 

10 for Standards and Technology, coordinate executive 

11 branch efforts to— 

12 (1) encourage participation by trusted compa13 nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders (to 

14 the extent such standards-setting bodies allow such 

15 stakeholders to participate) in such international 

16 standards-setting bodies; and 

17 (2) offer technical expertise to trusted compa18 nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders (to 

19 the extent such standards-setting bodies allow such 

20 stakeholders to participate) to facilitate such partici21 pation. 

22 (b) INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS-SETTING BOD23 IES.—The international standards-setting bodies referred 

24 to in subsection (a) include— 

25 (1) the International Telecommunication Union; 


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1 (2) the International Organization for Stand2 ardization; 

3 (3) the voluntary standards-setting bodies that 

4 develop protocols for wireless devices and other 

5 equipment, such as the 3GPP and the Institute of 

6 Electrical and Electronics Engineers; and 

7 (4) any standards-setting body accredited by 

8 the American National Standards Institute or Alli9 ance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. 

10 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall 

12 brief the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

13 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com14 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on a 

15 strategy to carry out subsection (a). 

16 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) 3GPP.—The term ‘‘3GPP’’ means the 3rd 

18 Generation Partnership Project. 

19 (2) 5G NETWORK.—The term ‘‘5G network’’ 

20 means a fifth-generation mobile network as de21 scribed by 3GPP Release 15 or higher. 

22 (3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist23 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary for 

24 Communications and Information. 


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1 (4) CLOUD COMPUTING.—The term ‘‘cloud 

2 computing’’ has the meaning given the term in Spe3 cial Publication 800–145 of the National Institute of 

4 Standards and Technology, entitled ‘‘The NIST Def5 inition of Cloud Computing’’, published in Sep6 tember 2011, or any successor publication. 

7 (5) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.—The term 

8 ‘‘communications network’’ means any of the fol9 lowing: 

10 (A) A system enabling the transmission, 

11 between or among points specified by the user, 

12 of information of the user’s choosing. 

13 (B) Cloud computing resources. 

14 (C) A network or system used to access 

15 cloud computing resources. 

16 (6) TRUSTED COMPANY.—The term ‘‘trusted 

17 company’’ means a company that is determined by 

18 the Assistant Secretary not to pose a threat to the 

19 national security of the United States. In making 

20 such a determination, the Assistant Secretary shall 

21 consult the heads of the intelligence community (as 

22 defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 

23 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) and consider whether such 

24 company is listed on the entity list maintained by 

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1 ment of Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 

2 4 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regula3 tions (subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code 

4 of Federal Regulations). 

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