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Calendar No. 403 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2881 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 9, 2020 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To require the President to develop a strategy to ensure 
the security of next generation mobile telecommuni-
cations systems and infrastructure in the United States 
and to assist allies and strategic partners in maximizing 
the security of next generation mobile telecommuni-
cations systems, infrastructure, and software, 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 ‘‘Secure 5G and Beyond 
Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO ENSURE SECURITY OF NEXT GEN-
ERATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYS-
TEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of 
Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate; and 
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
on Armed Services, and the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives. 
(b) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the President, in 
consultation with the Chairman of the Federal Commu-
nications Commission, the Secretary of Commerce, the As-
sistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Di-
rector of National Intelligence, the Attorney General, the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, and the Sec-
retary of Defense, and consistent with the protection of 
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national security information, shall develop and submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy— 
(1) to ensure the security of 5th and future 
generations wireless communications systems and in-
frastructure within the United States; 
(2) to assist mutual defense treaty allies of the 
United States, strategic partners of the United 
States, and other countries, when in the security and 
strategic interests of the United States, in maxi-
mizing the security of 5th and future generations 
wireless communications systems and infrastructure 
inside their countries; and 
(3) to protect the competitiveness of United 
States companies, privacy of United States con-
sumers, and integrity and impartiality of standards- 
setting bodies and processes related to 5th and fu-
ture generations wireless communications systems 
and infrastructure. 
(c) DESIGNATION.—The strategy developed under 
subsection (b) shall be known as the ‘‘National Strategy 
to Secure 5G and Next Generation Wireless Communica-
tions’’ (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Strategy’’). 
(d) ELEMENTS.—The Strategy shall represent a 
whole-of-government approach and shall include the fol-
lowing: 
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(1) A description of efforts to facilitate domes-
tic 5th and future generations wireless communica-
tions rollout. 
(2) A description of efforts to assess the risks 
to and identify core security principles of 5th and 
future generations wireless communications infra-
structure. 
(3) A description of efforts to address risks to 
United States and national security during develop-
ment and deployment of 5th and future generations 
wireless communications infrastructure worldwide. 
(4) A description of efforts to promote respon-
sible global development and deployment of 5th and 
future generations wireless communications, includ-
ing through robust international engagement, leader-
ship in the development of international standards, 
and incentivizing market competitiveness of secure 
5th and future generation wireless communications 
infrastructure options. 
(e) PUBLIC
CONSULTATION.—In developing the 
Strategy, the President shall consult with relevant groups 
that represent consumers or the public interest, private 
sector communications providers, and communications in-
frastructure and systems equipment developers. 
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SEC. 3. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall develop an implemen-
tation plan for the Strategy (referred to in this Act as 
the ‘‘Strategy implementation plan’’), which shall include, 
at a minimum, the following: 
(1) A description of United States national and 
economic security interests pertaining to the deploy-
ment of 5th and future generations wireless commu-
nications systems and infrastructure. 
(2) An identification and assessment of poten-
tial security threats and vulnerabilities to the infra-
structure, 
equipment, 
systems, 
software, 
and 
virtualized networks that support 5th and future 
generations wireless communications systems, infra-
structure, and enabling technologies. The assessment 
shall, as practicable, include a comprehensive evalua-
tion of the full range of threats to, and unique secu-
rity challenges posed by, 5th and future generations 
wireless communications systems and infrastructure, 
as well as steps that public and private sector enti-
ties can take to mitigate those threats. 
(3) An evaluation of available domestic sup-
pliers of 5th and future generations wireless commu-
nications equipment and other suppliers in countries 
that are mutual defense allies or strategic partners 
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of the United States and a strategy to assess their 
ability to produce and supply 5th generation and fu-
ture generations wireless communications systems 
and infrastructure. 
(4) Identification of where security gaps exist in 
the United States domestic or mutual defense treaty 
allies and strategic partners communications equip-
ment supply chain for 5th and future generations 
wireless communications systems and infrastructure. 
(5) Identification of incentives and policy op-
tions to help close or narrow any security gaps iden-
tified under paragraph (4) in the United States do-
mestic industrial base, including research and devel-
opment in critical technologies and workforce devel-
opment in 5th and future generations wireless com-
munications systems and infrastructure. 
(6) Identification of incentives and policy op-
tions for leveraging the communications equipment 
suppliers from mutual defense treaty allies, strategic 
partners, and other countries to ensure that private 
industry in the United States has adequate sources 
for secure, effective, and reliable 5th and future gen-
erations wireless communications systems and infra-
structure equipment. 
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(7) A plan for diplomatic engagement with mu-
tual defense treaty allies, strategic partners, and 
other countries to share security risk information 
and findings pertaining to 5th and future genera-
tions wireless communications systems and infra-
structure equipment and cooperation on mitigating 
those risks. 
(8) A plan for engagement with private sector 
communications infrastructure and systems equip-
ment developers and critical infrastructure owners 
and operators who have a critical dependency on 
communications infrastructure to share information 
and findings on 5th and future generations wireless 
communications systems and infrastructure equip-
ment standards to secure platforms. 
(9) A plan for engagement with private sector 
communications infrastructure and systems equip-
ment developers to encourage the maximum partici-
pation possible on standards-setting bodies related to 
such systems and infrastructure equipment stand-
ards by public and private sector entities from the 
United States. 
(10) A plan for diplomatic engagement with 
mutual defense treaty allies, strategic partners, and 
other countries to share information and findings on 
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5th and future generations wireless communications 
systems and infrastructure equipment standards to 
promote maximum interoperability, competitiveness, 
openness, and secure platforms. 
(11) A plan for diplomatic engagement with 
mutual defense treaty allies, strategic partners, and 
other countries to share information and findings on 
5th and future generations wireless communications 
infrastructure and systems equipment concerning 
the standards-setting bodies related to such systems 
and infrastructure equipment to promote maximum 
transparency, openness, impartiality, integrity, and 
neutrality. 
(12) A plan for joint testing environments with 
mutual defense treaty allies, strategic partners, and 
other countries to ensure a trusted marketplace for 
5th and future generations wireless communications 
systems and infrastructure equipment. 
(13) A plan for research and development by 
the Federal Government, in close partnership with 
trusted supplier entities, mutual defense treaty al-
lies, strategic partners, and other countries to reach 
and maintain United States leadership in 5th and 
future generations wireless communications systems 
and infrastructure security, including the develop-
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ment of an ongoing capability to identify security 
vulnerabilities in 5th and future generations wireless 
communications systems. 
(14) Options for identifying and helping to 
mitigate the security risks of 5th and future genera-
tions wireless communications systems and infra-
structure that have security flaws or vulnerabilities, 
or are utilizing equipment sourced from countries of 
concern, and that have already been put in place 
within the systems and infrastructure of mutual de-
fense treaty allies, strategic partners, and other 
countries, when in the security interests of the 
United States. 
(15) A description of the roles and responsibil-
ities of the appropriate executive branch agencies 
and interagency mechanisms to coordinate imple-
mentation of the Strategy, as provided in section 
4(d). 
(16) An identification of the key diplomatic, de-
velopment, intelligence, military, and economic re-
sources necessary to implement the Strategy, includ-
ing specific budgetary requests. 
(17) As necessary, a description of such legisla-
tive or administrative action needed to carry out the 
Strategy. 
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SEC. 4. LIMITATIONS AND BRIEFINGS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Strategy and the Strat-
egy implementation plan shall not include a rec-
ommendation or a proposal to nationalize 5th or fu-
ture generations wireless communications systems or 
infrastructure. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
Act shall be construed to limit the authority or abil-
ity of any executive branch agency. 
(b) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall seek 
public comment regarding the development and implemen-
tation of the Strategy implementation plan. 
(c) BRIEFING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 21 days after 
the date on which the Strategy implementation plan 
is completed, the President shall direct appropriate 
representatives from the executive branch agencies 
involved in the formulation of the Strategy and 
Strategy implementation plan to provide the appro-
priate committees of Congress a briefing on the im-
plementation of the Strategy. 
(2) UNCLASSIFIED
SETTING.—The briefing 
under paragraph (1) shall be held in an unclassified 
setting to the maximum extent possible. 
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(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration shall, in coordina-
tion with other relevant executive branch agencies— 
(1) implement the Strategy; 
(2) keep congressional committees apprised of 
progress on implementation; and 
(3) not implement any proposal or rec-
ommendation involving spectrum licensed by the 
Commission unless the implementation of such pro-
posal or recommendation is first approved by the 
Commission. 
(e) FORM.—The Strategy and Strategy implementa-
tion plan shall be submitted to the appropriate committees 
of Congress in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 8, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 403 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2881 
AN ACT 
To require the President to develop a strategy to 
ensure the security of next generation mobile 
telecommunications systems and infrastructure in 
the United States and to assist allies and stra-
tegic partners in maximizing the security of next 
generation mobile telecommunications systems, 
infrastructure, and software, and for other pur-
poses. 
JANUARY 9, 2020 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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