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Union Calendar No. 291 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4500 

[Report No. 116–367, Part I] 

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 communications standards-setting bodies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 

Mr. WALBERG (for himself, Mrs. DINGELL, 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 

JANUARY 7, 2020 

Additional sponsors: Ms. CLARKE of New York and Mr. TAYLOR

JANUARY 7, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

JANUARY 7, 2020 

Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 26, 2019] 


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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 communications standards-setting 

bodies, 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 States 

5 Wireless Leadership Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP OF UNITED 

7 STATES IN COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS8 SETTING BODIES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to enhance the representa10 tion of the United States and promote United States leader11 ship in standards-setting bodies that set standards for 5G 

12 networks and for future generations of wireless communica13 tions networks, the Assistant Secretary shall, in consulta14 tion with the National Institute of Standards and Tech15 nology, coordinate executive branch efforts to— 

16 (1) equitably encourage participation by compa17 nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but 

18 not including any company or relevant stakeholder 

19 that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be not 

20 trusted, (to the extent such standards-setting bodies 

21 allow such stakeholders to participate) in such stand22 ards-setting bodies; and 

23 (2) equitably offer technical expertise to compa24 nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but 

25 not including any company or relevant stakeholder 


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1 that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be not 

2 trusted, (to the extent such standards-setting bodies 

3 allow such stakeholders to participate) to facilitate 

4 such participation. 

5 (b) STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES.—The standards-set6 ting bodies referred to in subsection (a) include, but are 

7 not limited to— 

8 (1) the International Organization for Standard9 ization; 

10 (2) the voluntary standards-setting bodies that 

11 develop protocols for wireless devices and other equip12 ment, such as the 3GPP and the Institute of Elec13 trical and Electronics Engineers; and 

14 (3) any standards-setting body accredited by the 

15 American National Standards Institute or Alliance 

16 for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. 

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

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

19 brief the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

20 of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 

21 Science, and Transportation of the Senate on a strategy 

22 to carry out subsection (a). 

23 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) 3GPP.—The term ‘‘3GPP’’ means the 3rd 

25 Generation Partnership Project. 


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1 (2) 5G NETWORK.—The term ‘‘5G network’’ 

2 means a fifth-generation mobile network as described 

3 by 3GPP Release 15 or higher. 

4 (3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist5 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of Com6 merce for Communications and Information. 

7 (4) CLOUD COMPUTING.—The term ‘‘cloud com8 puting’’ has the meaning given the term in Special 

9 Publication 800–145 of the National Institute of 

10 Standards and Technology, entitled ‘‘The NIST Defi11 nition of Cloud Computing’’, published in September 

12 2011, or any successor publication. 

13 (5) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.—The term 

14 ‘‘communications network’’ means any of the fol15 lowing: 

16 (A) A system enabling the transmission, be17 tween or among points specified by the user, of 

18 information of the user’s choosing. 

19 (B) Cloud computing resources. 

20 (C) A network or system used to access 

21 cloud computing resources. 

22 (6) NOT TRUSTED.—The term ‘‘not trusted’’ 

23 means, with respect to a company or stakeholder, that 

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1 curity of the United States. In making such a deter2 mination, the Assistant Secretary shall rely solely on 

3 one or more of the following determinations: 

4 (A) A specific determination made by any 

5 executive branch interagency body with appro6 priate national security expertise, including the 

7 Federal Acquisition Security Council established 

8 under section 1322(a) of title 41, United States 

9 Code. 

10 (B) A specific determination made by the 

11 Department of Commerce pursuant to Executive 

12 Order 13873 (84 Fed. Reg. 22689; relating to se13 curing the information and communications 

14 technology and services supply chain). 

15 (C) Whether a company or stakeholder pro16 duces or provides covered telecommunications 

17 equipment or services, as defined in section 

18 889(f)(3) of the John S. McCain National De19 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 

20 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1918). 


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Union Calendar No. 291 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4500 

[Report No. 116–367, Part I] 

A BILL 

To direct the Assistant Secretary for Communicapurposes. nications standards-setting bodies, and for other and promote United States leadership in commu- enhance the representation of the United States tions and Information to take certain actions to 

JANUARY 7, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

with an amendment 

JANUARY 7, 2020 

Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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