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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4461 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a program to 

share information regarding supply chain security risks with trusted 

providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of 

communications equipment or services, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 

Mr. KINZINGER (for himself and Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania) 

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

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish 

a program to share information regarding supply chain 

security risks with trusted providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of communications 

equipment or services, 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 ‘‘Network Security In5 formation Sharing Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING WITH TRUSTED PRO2 VIDERS OF ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS 

3 SERVICE AND TRUSTED SUPPLIERS OF COM4 MUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES. 

5 (a) INFORMATION SHARING PROGRAM.— 

6 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, including 

8 an opportunity for notice and comment, the Sec9 retary, in cooperation with the Director of National 

10 Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 

11 Investigation, the Assistant Secretary, and the Com12 mission, shall establish a program to share informa13 tion regarding supply chain security risks with trust14 ed providers of advanced communications service 

15 and trusted suppliers of communications equipment 

16 or services. 

17 (2) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the program 

18 established under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

19 shall— 

20 (A) conduct regular briefings and other 

21 events to share information with trusted pro22 viders of advanced communications service and 

23 trusted suppliers of communications equipment 

24 or services; 

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1 pliers of communications equipment or services, 

2 in particular such providers and suppliers 

3 that— 

4 (i) are small businesses; or 

5 (ii) primarily serve rural areas; 

6 (C) not later than 180 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, submit to the 

8 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Committee 

10 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

11 the Senate a plan for— 

12 (i) declassifying material, when fea13 sible, to help share information regarding 

14 supply chain security risks with trusted 

15 providers of advanced communications 

16 service and trusted suppliers of commu17 nications equipment or services; and 

18 (ii) expediting and expanding the pro19 vision of security clearances to facilitate in20 formation sharing regarding supply chain 

21 security risks with trusted providers of ad22 vanced communications service and trusted 

23 suppliers of communications equipment or 

24 services; and 


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1 (D) ensure that the activities carried out 

2 through the program are consistent with and, 

3 to the extent practicable, integrated with, ongo4 ing activities of the Department of Homeland 

5 Security and the Department of Commerce. 

6 (3) SCOPE OF PROGRAM.—The program estab7 lished under paragraph (1) shall involve only the 

8 sharing of information regarding supply chain secu9 rity risks by the Federal Government to trusted pro10 viders of advanced communications service and 

11 trusted suppliers of communications equipment or 

12 services, and not the sharing of such information by 

13 such providers and suppliers to the Federal Govern14 ment. 

15 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

16 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

17 this subsection $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 

18 Such amounts are authorized to remain available 

19 through fiscal year 2025. 

20 (b) REPRESENTATION ON CSRIC OF INTERESTS OF

21 PUBLIC AND CONSUMERS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall ap23 point to the Communications Security, Reliability, 

24 and Interoperability Council (or any successor there25 of), and to each subcommittee, workgroup, or other 


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1 subdivision of the Council (or any such successor), 

2 at least one member to represent the interests of the 

3 public and consumers. 

4 (2) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Commission 

5 shall make the initial appointments required by 

6 paragraph (1) not later than 180 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act. Any member so ap8 pointed shall be in addition to the members of the 

9 Council, or the members of the subdivision of the 

10 Council to which the appointment is being made, as 

11 the case may be, as of the date of the enactment of 

12 this Act. 

13 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE.— 

15 The term ‘‘advanced communications service’’ has 

16 the meaning given the term ‘‘advanced telecommuni17 cations capability’’ in section 706 of the Tele18 communications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302). 

19 (2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist20 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

21 Commerce for Communications and Information. 

22 (3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

23 means the Federal Communications Commission. 

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1 ice’’ means any equipment or service that is essential 

2 to the provision of advanced communications service. 

3 (5) FOREIGN ADVERSARY.—The term ‘‘foreign 

4 adversary’’ means any foreign government or foreign 

5 nongovernment person engaged in a long-term pat6 tern or serious instances of conduct significantly ad7 verse to the national security of the United States 

8 or security and safety of United States persons. 

9 (6) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in10 dividual or entity. 

11 (7) PROVIDER OF ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS

12 SERVICE.—The term ‘‘provider of advanced commu13 nications service’’ means a person who provides ad14 vanced communications service to United States cus15 tomers. 

16 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

18 (9) SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY RISK.—The term 

19 ‘‘supply chain security risk’’ includes specific risk 

20 and vulnerability information related to equipment 

21 and software. 

22 (10) TRUSTED.—The term ‘‘trusted’’ means, 

23 with respect to a provider of advanced communica24 tions service or a supplier of communications equip25 ment or service, that the Secretary has determined 


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1 that such provider or supplier is not owned by, con2 trolled by, or subject to the influence of a foreign 

3 adversary. 

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