IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4741 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To require the development of a strategy to promote the 
use of secure telecommunications infrastructure world-
wide, 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 ‘‘Securing Global Tele-
communications Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress as follows: 
(1) The United States Government should pro-
mote and take steps to ensure American leadership 
in strategic technology industries, including tele-
communications infrastructure and other informa-
tion and communications technologies. 
(2) The expansive presence of companies linked 
to the Chinese Communist Party, such as Huawei, 
in global mobile networks and the national security 
implications thereof, such as the ability of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China to exfiltrate the information 
flowing through those networks and shut off coun-
tries’ internet access, demonstrates the importance 
of the United States remaining at the technological 
frontier and the dire consequences of falling behind. 
(3) The significant cost of countering Huawei’s 
market leadership in telecommunications infrastruc-
ture around the world underscores the urgency of 
supporting the competitiveness of United States 
companies in next-generation information and com-
munication technology. 
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(4) To remain a leader at the International 
Telecommunication Union (ITU) and preserve the 
ITU’s technical integrity, the United States must 
work with emerging economies and developing na-
tions to bolster global telecommunications security 
and protect American national security interests. 
(5) Multilateral cooperation with like-minded 
partners and allies is critical to carry out the signifi-
cant effort of financing and promoting secure net-
works around the world and to achieve market lead-
ership of trusted vendors in this sector. 
SEC. 3. STRATEGY FOR SECURING GLOBAL TELECOMMUNI-
CATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall develop and submit to the Committees on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and En-
ergy and Commerce and the Committees on Foreign Rela-
tions and Commerce, Science, and Transportation and of 
the Senate a strategy, to be known as the ‘‘Strategy to 
Secure Global Telecommunications Infrastructure’’ (re-
ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘Strategy’’), to promote the 
use of secure telecommunication infrastructure in coun-
tries other than the United States. 
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(b) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
State shall consult with the President of the Export-Im-
port Bank of the United States, the Chief Executive Offi-
cer of the Development Finance Corporation, the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, the Director of the Trade and Development 
Agency, the Chair of the Federal Communications Com-
mission, and the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information, in developing the Strat-
egy, which shall consist of an approach led by the Depart-
ment of State using the policy tools, and informed by the 
technical expertise, of the other Federal entities so con-
sulted to achieve the goal described in subsection (a). 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The Strategy shall also include sec-
tions on each of the following: 
(1) Mobile networks, including a description of 
efforts by countries other than the United States 
to— 
(A) promote trusted Open RAN tech-
nologies while protecting against any security 
risks posed by untrusted vendors in Open RAN 
networks; 
(B) use financing mechanisms to assist 
‘‘rip-and-replace’’ projects and to incentivize 
countries to choose trusted equipment vendors; 
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(C) bolster multilateral cooperation, espe-
cially with developing countries and emerging 
economies, to promote the deployment of trust-
ed wireless networks worldwide; and 
(D) collaborate with trusted private sector 
companies to counter Chinese market leadership 
in the telecom equipment industry. 
(2) Data centers, including a description of ef-
forts to— 
(A) 
utilize 
financing 
mechanisms 
to 
incentivize countries other than the United 
States to choose trusted data center providers; 
and 
(B) bolster multilateral cooperation, espe-
cially with developing countries and emerging 
economies, to promote the deployment of trust-
ed data centers worldwide. 
(3) Sixth (and future) generation technologies 
(6G), including a description of efforts to— 
(A) deepen cooperation with like-minded 
countries to promote United States and allied 
market leadership in 6G networks and tech-
nologies; and 
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(B) increase buy-in from developing coun-
tries and emerging countries on trusted tech-
nologies. 
(4) Low-Earth orbit satellites, aerostats, and 
stratospheric balloons, including a description of ef-
forts to work with trusted private sector companies 
to retain the ability to quickly provide internet con-
nection in response to emergency situations. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON MALIGN INFLUENCE AT THE INTER-
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
develop and submit to the Committees on Foreign Affairs 
and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committees on Foreign Relations and Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation the Senate a report 
on Russian and Chinese strategies and efforts— 
(1) to expand the mandate of the International 
Telecommunication Union (ITU) to cover internet 
governance policy; and 
(2) to advance other actions favorable to au-
thoritarian interests and/or hostile to fair, industry- 
led processes. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall also identify efforts by China and Russia— 
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(1) to increase the ITU’s jurisdiction over inter-
net governance and to propose internet governance 
standards at the ITU; 
(2) to leverage their private sector actors to ad-
vance their national interests through the ITU, in-
cluding— 
(A) encouraging Chinese and Russian com-
panies to leverage their market power to pres-
sure other member countries to deliver favor-
able decisions on ITU elections; and 
(B) China’s efforts to leverage Huawei’s 
role as the primary telecommunications equip-
ment and services provider for many developing 
countries to compel such countries to deliver fa-
vorable decisions on standards proposals, elec-
tion victories, candidate selection, and other le-
vers of power at the ITU; and 
(3) to use the influence of Chinese and Russian 
nationals serving in the ITU to advantage the com-
panies, standards decisions, and candidates that ad-
vance the CCP and Kremlin’s interests. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by this section shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a clas-
sified annex. 
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