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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4461 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a program to 
share information regarding supply chain security risks with trusted 
providers of advanced communications service and trusted suppliers of 
communications equipment or services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 
Mr. KINZINGER (for himself and Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish 
a program to share information regarding supply chain 
security risks with trusted providers of advanced commu-
nications service and trusted suppliers of communications 
equipment or services, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Network Security In-
formation Sharing Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING WITH TRUSTED PRO-
VIDERS OF ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICE AND TRUSTED SUPPLIERS OF COM-
MUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES. 
(a) INFORMATION SHARING PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, including 
an opportunity for notice and comment, the Sec-
retary, in cooperation with the Director of National 
Intelligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, the Assistant Secretary, and the Com-
mission, shall establish a program to share informa-
tion regarding supply chain security risks with trust-
ed providers of advanced communications service 
and trusted suppliers of communications equipment 
or services. 
(2) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the program 
established under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall— 
(A) conduct regular briefings and other 
events to share information with trusted pro-
viders of advanced communications service and 
trusted suppliers of communications equipment 
or services; 
(B) engage with trusted providers of ad-
vanced communications service and trusted sup-
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pliers of communications equipment or services, 
in particular such providers and suppliers 
that— 
(i) are small businesses; or 
(ii) primarily serve rural areas; 
(C) not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, submit to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate a plan for— 
(i) declassifying material, when fea-
sible, to help share information regarding 
supply chain security risks with trusted 
providers of advanced communications 
service and trusted suppliers of commu-
nications equipment or services; and 
(ii) expediting and expanding the pro-
vision of security clearances to facilitate in-
formation sharing regarding supply chain 
security risks with trusted providers of ad-
vanced communications service and trusted 
suppliers of communications equipment or 
services; and 
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(D) ensure that the activities carried out 
through the program are consistent with and, 
to the extent practicable, integrated with, ongo-
ing activities of the Department of Homeland 
Security and the Department of Commerce. 
(3) SCOPE OF PROGRAM.—The program estab-
lished under paragraph (1) shall involve only the 
sharing of information regarding supply chain secu-
rity risks by the Federal Government to trusted pro-
viders of advanced communications service and 
trusted suppliers of communications equipment or 
services, and not the sharing of such information by 
such providers and suppliers to the Federal Govern-
ment. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 
Such amounts are authorized to remain available 
through fiscal year 2025. 
(b) REPRESENTATION ON CSRIC OF INTERESTS OF 
PUBLIC AND CONSUMERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall ap-
point to the Communications Security, Reliability, 
and Interoperability Council (or any successor there-
of), and to each subcommittee, workgroup, or other 
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