IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4500 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 9, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To direct the Assistant Secretary for Communications and 
Information to take certain actions to enhance the rep-
resentation of the United States and promote United 
States leadership in communications standards-setting 
bodies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting United 
States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP OF UNITED 
STATES IN COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS- 
SETTING BODIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to enhance the represen-
tation of the United States and promote United States 
leadership in standards-setting bodies that set standards 
for 5G networks and for future generations of wireless 
communications networks, the Assistant Secretary shall, 
in consultation with the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology— 
(1) equitably encourage participation by compa-
nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but 
not including any company or relevant stakeholder 
that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be 
not trusted, (to the extent such standards-setting 
bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) in 
such standards-setting bodies; and 
(2) equitably offer technical expertise to compa-
nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but 
not including any company or relevant stakeholder 
that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be 
not trusted, (to the extent such standards-setting 
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bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) to fa-
cilitate such participation. 
(b) STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES.—The standards- 
setting bodies referred to in subsection (a) include— 
(1) the International Organization for Stand-
ardization; 
(2) the voluntary standards-setting bodies that 
develop protocols for wireless devices and other 
equipment, such as the 3GPP and the Institute of 
Electrical and Electronics Engineers; and 
(3) any standards-setting body accredited by 
the American National Standards Institute or Alli-
ance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall 
brief the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on a 
strategy to carry out subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 3GPP.—The term ‘‘3GPP’’ means the 3rd 
Generation Partnership Project. 
(2) 5G NETWORK.—The term ‘‘5G network’’ 
means a fifth-generation mobile network as de-
scribed by 3GPP Release 15 or higher. 
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(3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information. 
(4) CLOUD
COMPUTING.—The term ‘‘cloud 
computing’’ has the meaning given the term in Spe-
cial Publication 800–145 of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, entitled ‘‘The NIST Def-
inition of Cloud Computing’’, published in Sep-
tember 2011, or any successor publication. 
(5) COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK.—The term 
‘‘communications network’’ means any of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A system enabling the transmission, 
between or among points specified by the user, 
of information of the user’s choosing. 
(B) Cloud computing resources. 
(C) A network or system used to access 
cloud computing resources. 
(6) NOT TRUSTED.—The term ‘‘not trusted’’ 
means, with respect to a company or stakeholder, 
that the company or stakeholder is determined by 
the Assistant Secretary to pose a threat to the na-
tional security of the United States. In making such 
a determination, the Assistant Secretary shall rely 
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solely on one or more of the following determina-
tions: 
(A) A specific determination made by any 
executive branch interagency body with appro-
priate national security expertise, including the 
Federal Acquisition Security Council estab-
lished under section 1322(a) of title 41, United 
States Code. 
(B) A specific determination made by the 
Department of Commerce pursuant to Execu-
tive Order No. 13873 (84 Fed. Reg. 22689; re-
lating to securing the information and commu-
nications technology and services supply chain). 
(C) Whether a company or stakeholder 
produces or provides covered telecommuni-
cations equipment or services, as defined in sec-
tion 889(f)(3) of the John S. McCain National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
(Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1918). 
Passed the House of Representatives January 8, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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