Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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 representa-
tion of the United States and promote United States leader-
ship in standards-setting bodies that set standards for 5G 
networks and for future generations of wireless communica-
tions networks, the Assistant Secretary shall, in consulta-
tion with the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, coordinate executive branch efforts to— 
(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 stand-
ards-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 
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that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be not 
trusted, (to the extent such standards-setting bodies 
allow such stakeholders to participate) to facilitate 
such participation. 
(b) STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES.—The standards-set-
ting bodies referred to in subsection (a) include, but are 
not limited to— 
(1) the International Organization for Standard-
ization; 
(2) the voluntary standards-setting bodies that 
develop protocols for wireless devices and other equip-
ment, such as the 3GPP and the Institute of Elec-
trical and Electronics Engineers; and 
(3) any standards-setting body accredited by the 
American National Standards Institute or Alliance 
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 Commerce, 
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. 
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(2) 5G NETWORK.—The term ‘‘5G network’’ 
means a fifth-generation mobile network as described 
by 3GPP Release 15 or higher. 
(3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of Com-
merce for Communications and Information. 
(4) CLOUD COMPUTING.—The term ‘‘cloud com-
puting’’ has the meaning given the term in Special 
Publication 800–145 of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, entitled ‘‘The NIST Defi-
nition of Cloud Computing’’, published in September 
2011, or any successor publication. 
(5) 
COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK.—The 
term 
‘‘communications network’’ means any of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A system enabling the transmission, be-
tween 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 As-
sistant Secretary to pose a threat to the national se-
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curity of the United States. In making such a deter-
mination, the Assistant Secretary shall rely solely on 
one or more of the following determinations: 
(A) A specific determination made by any 
executive branch interagency body with appro-
priate national security expertise, including the 
Federal Acquisition Security Council established 
under section 1322(a) of title 41, United States 
Code. 
(B) A specific determination made by the 
Department of Commerce pursuant to Executive 
Order 13873 (84 Fed. Reg. 22689; relating to se-
curing the information and communications 
technology and services supply chain). 
(C) Whether a company or stakeholder pro-
duces or provides covered telecommunications 
equipment or services, as defined in section 
889(f)(3) of the John S. McCain National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
(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 Communica-
tions and Information to take certain actions to 
enhance the representation of the United States 
and promote United States leadership in commu-
nications standards-setting bodies, and for other 
purposes. 
JANUARY 7, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
with an amendment 
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 
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