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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4463 
To direct the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information to 
take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States 
and promote United States leadership in international communications 
standards-setting bodies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 
Mr. WALBERG (for himself, Mrs. DINGELL, and Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on For-
eign Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Assistant Secretary for Communications and 
Information to take certain actions to enhance the rep-
resentation of the United States and promote United 
States leadership in international communications stand-
ards-setting bodies, 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 ‘‘Promoting United 
States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP OF UNITED 
STATES 
IN 
INTERNATIONAL 
COMMUNICA-
TIONS STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to enhance the represen-
tation of the United States and promote United States 
leadership in international standards-setting bodies that 
set standards for 5G networks and for future generations 
of wireless communications networks, the Assistant Sec-
retary shall, in consultation with the National Institute 
for Standards and Technology, coordinate executive 
branch efforts to— 
(1) encourage participation by trusted compa-
nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders (to 
the extent such standards-setting bodies allow such 
stakeholders to participate) in such international 
standards-setting bodies; and 
(2) offer technical expertise to trusted compa-
nies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders (to 
the extent such standards-setting bodies allow such 
stakeholders to participate) to facilitate such partici-
pation. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS-SETTING
BOD-
IES.—The international standards-setting bodies referred 
to in subsection (a) include— 
(1) the International Telecommunication Union; 
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(2) the International Organization for Stand-
ardization; 
(3) the voluntary standards-setting bodies that 
develop protocols for wireless devices and other 
equipment, such as the 3GPP and the Institute of 
Electrical and Electronics Engineers; and 
(4) any standards-setting body accredited by 
the American National Standards Institute or Alli-
ance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall 
brief the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate on a 
strategy to carry out subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 3GPP.—The term ‘‘3GPP’’ means the 3rd 
Generation Partnership Project. 
(2) 5G NETWORK.—The term ‘‘5G network’’ 
means a fifth-generation mobile network as de-
scribed by 3GPP Release 15 or higher. 
(3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary for 
Communications and Information. 
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(4) CLOUD
COMPUTING.—The term ‘‘cloud 
computing’’ has the meaning given the term in Spe-
cial Publication 800–145 of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, entitled ‘‘The NIST Def-
inition of Cloud Computing’’, published in Sep-
tember 2011, or any successor publication. 
(5) COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK.—The term 
‘‘communications network’’ means any of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A system enabling the transmission, 
between or among points specified by the user, 
of information of the user’s choosing. 
(B) Cloud computing resources. 
(C) A network or system used to access 
cloud computing resources. 
(6) TRUSTED
COMPANY.—The term ‘‘trusted 
company’’ means a company that is determined by 
the Assistant Secretary not to pose a threat to the 
national security of the United States. In making 
such a determination, the Assistant Secretary shall 
consult the heads of the intelligence community (as 
defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) and consider whether such 
company is listed on the entity list maintained by 
the Bureau of Industry and Security of the Depart-
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ment of Commerce and set forth in Supplement No. 
4 to part 744 of the Export Administration Regula-
tions (subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code 
of Federal Regulations). 
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