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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8520 
To establish certain reporting and other requirements relating to telecommuni-
cations equipment and services produced or provided by certain entities, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2022 
Ms. WILD (for herself, Mrs. WAGNER, and Mr. MEEKS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To establish certain reporting and other requirements relat-
ing to telecommunications equipment and services pro-
duced or provided by certain entities, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Countering Untrusted 
Telecommunications Abroad Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the national security of the United States is 
affected by the telecommunications security of 
United States allies, partners, and other countries 
around the globe; 
(2) the importance of mobile and internet serv-
ices makes such services tempting and effective tools 
for malign influence and economic coercion; 
(3) Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE 
Corporation (and any subsidiary or affiliate of either 
such entity) should not serve as a vendor of tele-
communications equipment or services given the 
close ties to, and control over, such entities by the 
People’s Republic of China; and 
(4) it is in the economic and national security 
interests of the United States to ensure that coun-
tries around the globe use trusted telecommuni-
cations equipment or services. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON UNTRUSTED TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES IN COUNTRIES 
WITH COLLECTIVE DEFENSE AGREEMENT 
WITH UNITED STATES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 
two years, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com-
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mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
a report on the prevalence of untrusted telecommuni-
cations equipment or services in the networks of United 
States allies and partners. 
(b) MATTERS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
enumerate each United States ally or partner with respect 
to which the United States has entered into a collective 
defense agreement and include, for each such country, the 
following: 
(1) A description of the presence, or lack there-
of, of untrusted telecommunications equipment or 
services in any 5G network of the country. 
(2) If any untrusted telecommunications equip-
ment or service is present in such a network— 
(A) an enumeration of any mobile carriers 
that are using the untrusted telecommuni-
cations equipment or service present, and any 
mobile carriers that are not; 
(B) a determination of whether the 
untrusted telecommunications equipment or 
service present is in the core or periphery of the 
network; and 
(C) any plans to rip and replace the 
untrusted telecommunications equipment or 
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service present with a trusted telecommuni-
cations equipment or service. 
(3) A description of any plans by network oper-
ators to use untrusted telecommunications equip-
ment or services in the deployment of Open Radio 
Access Network (Open RAN) technology, or any suc-
cessor to such technology, or in future 6G networks. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES IN UNITED STATES 
EMBASSIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Comptroller General of the United 
States has reported that 23 percent of all tele-
communications device manufacturers of the Depart-
ment of State have at least one supplier reported to 
be headquartered in the People’s Republic of China 
or the Russian Federation. 
(2) The Comptroller General has reported that 
four percent of all telecommunications contractors of 
the Department of State have at least one supplier 
reported to be headquartered in the People’s Repub-
lic of China. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary of State, in consultation with the heads of 
such other departments and agencies as the Sec-
retary determines necessary, shall submit to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate a report containing an assess-
ment of the use of covered telecommunications 
equipment or services in United States embassies 
and by United States embassy staff and personnel. 
(2) MATTERS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include information on the following: 
(A) The status of the implementation by 
the Secretary of State of the prohibition under 
subsection (a)(1) of section 889 of the John S. 
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 
Stat. 1917; 41 U.S.C. 3901 note prec.) with re-
spect to equipment, systems, and services used 
at United States embassies, including— 
(i) an identification of the United 
States embassies with respect to which the 
Secretary has implemented such prohibi-
tion, and an identification of those with re-
spect to which the Secretary has not imple-
mented such prohibition, if any; 
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(ii) an identification of any difficulties 
that have delayed the implementation of 
such prohibition by the Secretary with re-
spect to United States embassies, such as 
visibility into supply chains, costs of equip-
ment replacement, and plans for timely re-
mediation; 
(iii) information on any waivers that 
have been granted to an entity under sub-
section (d) of such section 889 for equip-
ment, systems, or services used at United 
States embassies, including a justification 
of why each waiver was granted and any 
other information required pursuant to 
paragraph (1)(B) of such subsection; and 
(iv) for any entity that has sought a 
waiver specified in clause (iii), the imple-
mentation status of the phase-out plan of 
the entity submitted by the entity pursuant 
to subsection (d) of such section 889. 
(B) Information regarding the extent to 
which the digital devices of United States em-
bassy staff and personnel are serviced by 
Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Cor-
poration (or any subsidiary or affiliate of either 
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