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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4500 

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 

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. 

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 COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS3 SETTING BODIES. 

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

6 leadership in standards-setting bodies that set standards 

7 for 5G networks and for future generations of wireless 

8 communications networks, the Assistant Secretary shall, 

9 in consultation with the National Institute for Standards 

10 and Technology, coordinate executive branch efforts to— 

11 (1) encourage participation by trusted compa12 nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders (to 

13 the extent such standards-setting bodies allow such 

14 stakeholders to participate) in such standards-set15 ting bodies; and 

16 (2) offer technical expertise to trusted compa17 nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders (to 

18 the extent such standards-setting bodies allow such 

19 stakeholders to participate) to facilitate such partici20 pation. 

21 (b) STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES.—The standards22 setting bodies referred to in subsection (a) include, but 

23 is not limited to— 

24 (1) the International Organization for Stand25 ardization; 


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1 (2) the voluntary standards-setting bodies that 

2 develop protocols for wireless devices and other 

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

4 Electrical and Electronics Engineers; and 

5 (3) any standards-setting body accredited by 

6 the American National Standards Institute or Alli7 ance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. 

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

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

10 brief the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com12 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on a 

13 strategy to carry out subsection (a). 

14 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) 3GPP.—The term ‘‘3GPP’’ means the 3rd 

16 Generation Partnership Project. 

17 (2) 5G NETWORK.—The term ‘‘5G network’’ 

18 means a fifth-generation mobile network as de19 scribed by 3GPP Release 15 or higher. 

20 (3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist21 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary for 

22 Communications and Information. 

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

24 computing’’ has the meaning given the term in Spe25 cial Publication 800–145 of the National Institute of 


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1 Standards and Technology, entitled ‘‘The NIST Def2 inition of Cloud Computing’’, published in Sep3 tember 2011, or any successor publication. 

4 (5) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.—The term 

5 ‘‘communications network’’ means any of the fol6 lowing: 

7 (A) A system enabling the transmission, 

8 between or among points specified by the user, 

9 of information of the user’s choosing. 

10 (B) Cloud computing resources. 

11 (C) A network or system used to access 

12 cloud computing resources. 

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

14 company’’ means a company that is determined by 

15 the Assistant Secretary not to pose a threat to the 

16 national security of the United States. In making 

17 such a determination, the Assistant Secretary shall 

18 consult the heads of the intelligence community (as 

19 defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 

20 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) and consider whether such 

21 company is listed on the entity list maintained by 

22 the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Depart23 ment of Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 

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1 tions (subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code 

2 of Federal Regulations). 

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