of subsection (c), that such equipment or serv-
ice produced or provided by such entity poses 
an unacceptable risk to the national security of 
the United States or the security and safety of 
United States persons; and 
(2) is capable of— 
(A) routing or redirecting user data traffic 
or permitting visibility into any user data or 
packets that such equipment or service trans-
mits or otherwise handles; or 
(B) causing the network of a provider of 
advanced communications service to be dis-
rupted remotely. 
(c) RELIANCE
ON CERTAIN OTHER DETERMINA-
TIONS.—In making a determination under subsection 
(b)(1)(C), the Commission shall rely solely on one or more 
of the following determinations: 
(1) A specific determination made by any exec-
utive branch interagency body with appropriate na-
tional security expertise, including the Federal Ac-
quisition Security Council established under section 
1322(a) of title 41, United States Code. 
(2) A specific determination made by the Bu-
reau of Industry and Security of the Department of 
Commerce to place an entity on the entity list main-
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tained by the Bureau and set forth in Supplement 
No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Administration 
Regulations (subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, 
Code of Federal Regulations). 
(3) A specific determination made pursuant to 
Executive Order 13873 (84 Fed. Reg. 22689; relat-
ing to securing the information and communications 
technology and services supply chain), including any 
determination made by the Department of Com-
merce pursuant to regulations promulgated to imple-
ment such Executive order. 
(4) The communications equipment or service 
being covered telecommunications equipment or serv-
ices, as defined in section 889(f)(3) of the John S. 
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 
1918). 
(d) UPDATING OF LIST.—The Commission shall peri-
odically update the list published under subsection (a), as 
necessary to protect national security and to address 
changes in the determinations described in paragraphs (1) 
through (4) of subsection (c). For each 12-month period 
during which the list is not updated, the Commission shall 
notify the public that no updates were necessary during 
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such period to protect national security or to address 
changes in such determinations. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—Federal funds may not be 
used to purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise obtain 
any covered communications equipment or service or 
to maintain any covered communications equipment 
or service previously purchased, rented, leased, or 
otherwise obtained. 
(2) TIMING.—Paragraph (1) shall apply with 
respect to any covered communications equipment or 
service beginning on the date that is 60 days after 
the date on which the Commission places such 
equipment or service on the list required by section 
2(a). In the case of any covered communications 
equipment or service that is on the initial list pub-
lished under such section, such equipment or service 
shall be treated as being placed on the list on the 
date on which such list is published. 
(b) COMPLETION OF PROCEEDING.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Commission shall adopt a Report and Order in the matter 
of Protecting Against National Security Threats to the 
Communications Supply Chain Through FCC Programs 
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(WC Docket No. 18–89) that implements subsection (a), 
to the extent such subsection applies to a program admin-
istered by the Commission. 
(c) APPLICATION TO OTHER AGENCIES.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the head of each Federal agency that administers a pro-
gram through which Federal funds are made available 
shall update the regulations for the program to comply 
with subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. SECURE AND TRUSTED COMMUNICATIONS NET-
WORKS REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall establish a 
reimbursement program, to be known as the ‘‘Secure and 
Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Pro-
gram’’, to make reimbursements to providers of advanced 
communications service to replace covered communica-
tions equipment or services. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Commission may not make a 
reimbursement under the Program to a provider of ad-
vanced communications service unless the provider— 
(1) has 2,000,000 or fewer customers; and 
(2) makes all of the certifications required by 
subsection (d)(5). 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of a reimburse-
ment under the Program shall use reimbursement 
funds solely for the purposes of— 
(A) permanently removing covered commu-
nications equipment or services purchased, 
rented, leased, or otherwise obtained before Au-
gust 14, 2018, and replacing such equipment or 
services with communications equipment or 
services that are not covered communications 
equipment or services; and 
(B) disposing of the equipment or services 
removed as described in subparagraph (A) in 
accordance with the requirements under sub-
section (d)(8). 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—A recipient of a reimburse-
ment under the Program may not use reimburse-
ment funds to— 
(A) remove, replace, or dispose of any cov-
ered communications equipment or service pur-
chased, rented, leased, or otherwise obtained on 
or after August 14, 2018; 
(B) purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise ob-
tain any covered communications equipment or 
service, using reimbursement funds or any 
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other funds (including funds derived from pri-
vate sources); or 
(C) make network upgrades that go beyond 
the replacement of covered communications 
equipment or services, as determined by the 
Commission. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Commission shall promulgate regulations to imple-
ment the Program. 
(2) SUGGESTED REPLACEMENTS.— 
(A) DEVELOPMENT OF LIST.—The Com-
mission shall develop a list of suggested replace-
ments of both physical and virtual communica-
tions equipment, application and management 
software, and services. 
(B) NEUTRALITY.—The list developed 
under subparagraph (A) shall be technology 
neutral and may not advantage the use of reim-
bursement funds for capital expenditures over 
operational expenditures, to the extent that the 
Commission determines that communications 
services can serve as an adequate substitute for 
the installation of communications equipment. 
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ess, while taking into account the need to avoid 
waste, fraud, and abuse in the Program. 
(4) APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS.— 
(A) DEADLINE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii) and subparagraph (B), the 
Commission shall approve or deny an ap-
plication for a reimbursement under the 
Program not later than 90 days after the 
date of the submission of the application. 
(ii) ADDITIONAL
TIME
NEEDED
BY 
COMMISSION.—If the Commission deter-
mines that, because an excessive number of 
applications have been filed at one time, 
the Commission needs additional time for 
employees of the Commission to process 
the applications, the Commission may ex-
tend the deadline described in clause (i) for 
not more than 45 days. 
(B) OPPORTUNITY
FOR
APPLICANT
TO 
CURE DEFICIENCY.—If the Commission deter-
mines that an application is materially deficient 
(including by lacking an adequate cost estimate 
or adequate supporting materials), the Commis-
sion shall provide the applicant a 15-day period 
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to cure the defect before denying the applica-
tion. If such period would extend beyond the 
deadline under subparagraph (A) for approving 
or denying the application, such deadline shall 
be extended through the end of such period. 
(C) EFFECT OF DENIAL.—Denial of an ap-
plication for a reimbursement under the Pro-
gram shall not preclude the applicant from re-
submitting the application or submitting a new 
application for a reimbursement under the Pro-
gram at a later date. 
(5) CERTIFICATIONS.—An applicant for a reim-
bursement under the Program shall, in the applica-
tion of such applicant, certify to the Commission 
that— 
(A) beginning on the date of the submis-
sion of the application, the applicant will not 
purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise obtain cov-
ered communications equipment or services, 
using reimbursement funds or any other funds 
(including funds derived from private sources); 
and 
(B) as of the date of the submission of the 
application, the applicant— 
(i) has developed a plan for— 
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(I) the permanent removal and 
replacement of any covered commu-
nications equipment or services that 
are in the communications network of 
the applicant as of such date; and 
(II) the disposal of the equip-
ment or services removed as described 
in subclause (I) in accordance with 
the requirements under paragraph 
(8); 
(ii) has developed a specific timeline 
(subject to paragraph (7)) for the perma-
nent removal, replacement, and disposal of 
the covered communications equipment or 
services identified under clause (i), which 
timeline shall be submitted to the Commis-
sion as part of the application; 
(iii) has taken, or will immediately 
take, all necessary steps to mitigate the se-
curity threat the covered communications 
equipment or services identified under 
clause (i) could pose to the network of the 
applicant until the equipment or services 
can be permanently removed and replaced 
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in accordance with the timeline described 
in clause (ii); and 
(iv) in developing and tailoring the 
risk management practices of such appli-
cant, will consult and consider the stand-
ards, guidelines, and best practices set 
forth in the cybersecurity framework devel-
oped by the National Institute of Stand-
ards and Technology. 
(6) 
DISTRIBUTION
OF
REIMBURSEMENT 
FUNDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
make reasonable efforts to ensure that reim-
bursement funds are distributed as equitably as 
possible among all applicants for reimburse-
ments under the Program according to the 
needs of the applicants, as identified by the ap-
plications of the applicants. 
(B) NOTIFICATION.—If, at any time dur-
ing the implementation of the Program, the 
Commission determines that the funds made 
available to the Commission to carry out the 
Program will not be sufficient to fully fund all 
approved applications for reimbursements under 
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the Program, the Commission shall immediately 
notify— 
(i) the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(ii) the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
(7) REMOVAL, REPLACEMENT, AND DISPOSAL 
TERM.— 
(A) DEADLINE.—The permanent removal, 
replacement, and disposal of any covered com-
munications equipment or services identified 
under paragraph (5)(B)(i) shall be completed 
not later than 1 year after the date on which 
the Commission approves the application. 
(B) GENERAL EXTENSION.—The Commis-
sion may grant an extension of the deadline de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) for 6 months to all 
recipients of reimbursements under the Pro-
gram if the Commission— 
(i) finds that the supply of replace-
ment communications equipment or serv-
ices needed by the recipients to achieve the 
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purposes of the Program is inadequate to 
meet the needs of the recipients; and 
(ii) provides notice and a detailed jus-
tification for granting the extension to— 
(I) the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Represent-
atives; and 
(II) the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate. 
(C) INDIVIDUAL EXTENSION.— 
(i) PETITION.—A recipient of a reim-
bursement under the Program may peti-
tion the Commission for an extension for 
such recipient of the deadline described in 
subparagraph (A) or, if the Commission 
has granted an extension of such deadline 
under subparagraph (B), such deadline as 
so extended. 
(ii) GRANT.—The Commission may 
grant a petition filed under clause (i) by 
extending, for the recipient that filed the 
petition, the deadline described in subpara-
graph (A) or, if the Commission has grant-
ed an extension of such deadline under 
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subparagraph (B), such deadline as so ex-
tended, for a period of not more than 6 
months if the Commission finds that, due 
to no fault of such recipient, such recipient 
is unable to complete the permanent re-
moval, replacement, and disposal described 
in subparagraph (A). 
(8) DISPOSAL OF COVERED COMMUNICATIONS 
EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES.—The Commission shall 
include in the regulations promulgated under para-
graph (1) requirements for the disposal by a recipi-
ent of a reimbursement under the Program of cov-
ered communications equipment or services identi-
fied under paragraph (5)(B)(i) and removed from 
the network of the recipient in order to prevent such 
equipment or services from being used in the net-
works of providers of advanced communications serv-
ice. 
(9) STATUS UPDATES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not less frequently 
than once every 90 days beginning on the date 
on which the Commission approves an applica-
tion for a reimbursement under the Program, 
the recipient of the reimbursement shall submit 
to the Commission a status update on the work 
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of the recipient to permanently remove, replace, 
and dispose of the covered communications 
equipment or services identified under para-
graph (5)(B)(i). 
(B) PUBLIC
POSTING.—The Commission 
shall make public on the website of the Com-
mission each status update submitted under 
subparagraph (A). 
(C) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not less fre-
quently than once every 180 days beginning on 
the date on which the Commission first makes 
funds available to a recipient of a reimburse-
ment under the Program, the Commission shall 
prepare and submit to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a re-
port on— 
(i) the implementation of the Program 
by the Commission; and 
(ii) the work by recipients of reim-
bursements under the Program to perma-
nently remove, replace, and dispose of cov-
ered communications equipment or services 
identified under paragraph (5)(B)(i). 
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(e) MEASURES TO AVOID WASTE, FRAUD, AND 
ABUSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall take 
all necessary steps to avoid waste, fraud, and abuse 
with respect to the Program. 
(2) SPENDING
REPORTS.—The Commission 
shall require recipients of reimbursements under the 
Program to submit to the Commission on a regular 
basis reports regarding how reimbursement funds 
have been spent, including detailed accounting of the 
covered communications equipment or services per-
manently removed and disposed of, and the replace-
ment equipment or services purchased, rented, 
leased, or otherwise obtained, using reimbursement 
funds. 
(3) AUDITS, REVIEWS, AND FIELD INVESTIGA-
TIONS.—The Commission shall conduct— 
(A) regular audits and reviews of reim-
bursements under the Program to confirm that 
recipients of such reimbursements are com-
plying with this Act; and 
(B) random field investigations to ensure 
that recipients of reimbursements under the 
Program are performing the work such recipi-
ents are required to perform under the commit-
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ments made in the applications of such recipi-
ents for reimbursements under the Program, in-
cluding the permanent removal, replacement, 
and disposal of the covered communications 
equipment or services identified under sub-
section (d)(5)(B)(i). 
(4) FINAL CERTIFICATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
require a recipient of a reimbursement under 
the Program to submit to the Commission, in 
a form and at an appropriate time to be deter-
mined by the Commission, a certification stat-
ing that the recipient— 
(i) has fully complied with (or is in 
the process of complying with) all terms 
and conditions of the Program; 
(ii) has fully complied with (or is in 
the process of complying with) the commit-
ments made in the application of the re-
cipient for the reimbursement; 
(iii) has permanently removed from 
the communications network of the recipi-
ent, replaced, and disposed of (or is in the 
process of permanently removing, replac-
ing, and disposing of) all covered commu-
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nications equipment or services that were 
in the network of the recipient as of the 
date of the submission of the application of 
the recipient for the reimbursement; and 
(iv) has fully complied with (or is in 
the process of complying with) the timeline 
submitted by the recipient under subpara-
graph (B)(ii) of paragraph (5) of sub-
section (d) and the other requirements of 
such paragraph. 
(B) UPDATED CERTIFICATION.—If, at the 
time when a recipient of a reimbursement under 
the Program submits a certification under sub-
paragraph (A), the recipient has not fully com-
plied as described in clause (i), (ii), or (iv) of 
such subparagraph or has not completed the 
permanent removal, replacement, and disposal 
described in clause (iii) of such subparagraph, 
the Commission shall require the recipient to 
file an updated certification when the recipient 
has fully complied as described in such clause 
(i), (ii), or (iv) or completed such permanent re-
moval, replacement, and disposal. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING TIMING OF 
REIMBURSEMENT.—Nothing in this section shall be con-
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strued to prohibit the Commission from making a reim-
bursement under the Program to a provider of advanced 
communications service before the provider incurs the cost 
of the permanent removal, replacement, and disposal of 
the covered communications equipment or service for 
which the application of the provider has been approved 
under this section. 
(g) EDUCATION EFFORTS.—The Commission shall 
engage in education efforts with providers of advanced 
communications service to— 
(1) encourage such providers to participate in 
the Program; and 
(2) assist such providers in submitting applica-
tions for the Program. 
(h) SEPARATE FROM FEDERAL UNIVERSAL SERVICE 
PROGRAMS.—The Program shall be separate from any 
Federal universal service program established under sec-
tion 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
254). 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Commission 
$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to carry out the Pro-
gram. Such amount is authorized to remain available 
through fiscal year 2029. 
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SEC. 5. HOLD HARMLESS. 
In the case of a person who is a winner of the Con-
nect America Fund Phase II auction, has not yet been 
authorized to receive Connect America Fund Phase II sup-
port, and demonstrates an inability to reasonably meet the 
build-out and service obligations of such person under 
Connect America Fund Phase II without using equipment 
or services prohibited under this Act, such person may 
withdraw the application of such person for Connect 
America Fund Phase II support without being found in 
default or subject to forfeiture. 
SEC. 6. ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) VIOLATIONS.—A violation of this Act or a regula-
tion promulgated under this Act shall be treated as a vio-
lation of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 
et seq.) or a regulation promulgated under such Act, re-
spectively. The Commission shall enforce this Act and the 
regulations promulgated under this Act in the same man-
ner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 
powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and pro-
visions of the Communications Act of 1934 were incor-
porated into and made a part of this Act. 
(b) ADDITIONAL PENALTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), in addition to penalties under the Com-
munications Act of 1934, a recipient of a reimburse-
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ment under the Program found to have violated sec-
tion 4, the regulations promulgated under such sec-
tion, or the commitments made by the recipient in 
the application for the reimbursement— 
(A) shall repay to the Commission all reim-
bursement funds provided to the recipient 
under the Program; 
(B) shall be barred from further participa-
tion in the Program; 
(C) shall be referred to all appropriate law 
enforcement agencies or officials for further ac-
tion under applicable criminal and civil laws; 
and 
(D) may be barred by the Commission 
from participation in other programs of the 
Commission, including the Federal universal 
service support programs established under sec-
tion 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 254). 
(2) NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO CURE.—The 
penalties described in paragraph (1) shall not apply 
to a recipient of a reimbursement under the Pro-
gram unless— 
(A) the Commission provides the recipient 
with notice of the violation; and 
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(B) the recipient fails to cure the violation 
within 180 days after the Commission provides 
such notice. 
(c) RECOVERY OF FUNDS.—The Commission shall 
immediately take action to recover all reimbursement 
funds awarded to a recipient of a reimbursement under 
the Program in any case in which such recipient is re-
quired to repay reimbursement funds under subsection 
(b)(1)(A). 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADVANCED
COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE.— 
The term ‘‘advanced communications service’’ has 
the meaning given the term ‘‘advanced telecommuni-
cations capability’’ in section 706 of the Tele-
communications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302). 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(3) COVERED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR 
SERVICE.—The 
term 
‘‘covered 
communications 
equipment or service’’ means any communications 
equipment or service that is on the list published by 
the Commission under section 2(a). 
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(4) 
CUSTOMERS.—The 
term 
‘‘customers’’ 
means, with respect to a provider of advanced com-
munications service— 
(A) the customers of such provider; and 
(B) the customers of any affiliate (as de-
fined in section 3 of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)) of such provider. 
(5) 
EXECUTIVE
BRANCH
INTERAGENCY 
BODY.—The term ‘‘executive branch interagency 
body’’ means an interagency body established in the 
executive branch. 
(6) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 
in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 
(7) FEDERAL
FUNDS.—The term ‘‘Federal 
funds’’ means— 
(A) funds from a Federal universal service 
support program established under section 254 
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
254); 
(B) any other Federal grants, subsidies, or 
loans to support the deployment of communica-
tions networks in the United States; and 
(C) any private loans— 
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(i) the purpose of which is to support 
the deployment of communications net-
works in the United States; and 
(ii) that are— 
(I) obtained using a loan guar-
antee from the Federal Government; 
or 
(II) secured in whole or in part 
by other funds from the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
(8) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual or entity. 
(9) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 
Reimbursement Program established under section 
4(a). 
(10) PROVIDER
OF
ADVANCED
COMMUNICA-
TIONS SERVICE.—The term ‘‘provider of advanced 
communications service’’ means a person who pro-
vides advanced communications service to United 
States customers. 
(11) RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘recipient’’ means 
any provider of advanced communications service the 
application of which for a reimbursement under the 
Program has been approved by the Commission, re-
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gardless of whether the provider has received reim-
bursement funds. 
(12) REIMBURSEMENT FUNDS.—The term ‘‘re-
imbursement funds’’ means any reimbursement re-
ceived under the Program. 
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