Information and Communication Technology Strategy Act
Bill: H.R.4028 | Sponsor: Rep. Long, Billy (R-MO)
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Information and Communication Technology Strategy Act
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to report on the information and communication technology supply chain and to develop a strategy to ensure the economic competitiveness of trusted information and communication technology vendors.
The report must include (1) an identification of technology that is critical to U.S. economic competitiveness and the industrial capacity of U.S. vendors and other trusted vendors that produce such technology, (2) an assessment of whether and to what extent there is a dependence by providers of advanced telecommunications capability in the United States on technology that is not trusted, and (3) an identification of federal government actions and resources needed to support the economic competitiveness of trusted vendors and reduce dependence on companies that are not trusted.

To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, to report on 
and develop a whole-of-Government strategy with respect to the economic 
competitiveness of the information and communication technology supply 
                     chain, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Information and Communication 
Technology Strategy Act''.

SEC. 2. ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION 
              TECHNOLOGY SUPPLY CHAIN.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall 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 report on the information 
and communication technology supply chain that--
            (1) identifies--
                    (A) information and communication technology 
                critical to the economic competitiveness of the United 
                States; and
                    (B) the industrial capacity of--
                            (i) United States vendors that produce 
                        information and communication technology 
                        identified under subparagraph (A); and
                            (ii) trusted information and communication 
                        technology vendors that produce information and 
                        communication technology identified under 
                        subparagraph (A);
            (2) assesses the economic competitiveness of vendors 
        described under paragraph (1)(B);
            (3) assesses whether, and to what extent, there is a 
        dependence by providers of advanced telecommunications 
        capability in the United States on information and 
        communication technology identified under paragraph (1)(A) that 
        is not trusted;
            (4) identifies--
                    (A) what actions by the Federal Government are 
                needed to support, and bolster the economic 
                competitiveness of, trusted information and 
                communication technology vendors; and
                    (B) what Federal resources are needed to reduce 
                dependence by providers of advanced telecommunications 
                capability in the United States on companies that--
                            (i) produce information and communication 
                        technology; and
                            (ii) are not trusted; and
            (5) defines lines of effort and assigns responsibilities 
        for a whole-of-Government response to ensuring the 
        competitiveness of the information and communication technology 
        supply chain in the United States.
    (b) Whole-of-Government Strategy.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall develop, on the basis 
        of the report required by subsection (a), a whole-of-Government 
        strategy to ensure the economic competitiveness of trusted 
        information and communication technology vendors that 
        includes--
                    (A) recommendations on how--
                            (i) to strengthen the structure, resources, 
                        and authorities of the Federal Government to 
                        support the economic competitiveness of trusted 
                        information and communication technology 
                        vendors, including United States vendors that 
                        are trusted information and communication 
                        technology vendors; and
                            (ii) the Federal Government can address any 
                        barriers to a market-based solution for 
                        increasing the economic competitiveness of such 
                        information and communication technology 
                        vendors;
                    (B) defined lines of effort and responsibilities 
                for Federal agencies to implement the strategy; and
                    (C) a description of--
                            (i) any change to a Federal program, 
                        Federal law, or structure of the Federal 
                        Government necessary to implement any 
                        recommendation under subparagraph (A); and
                            (ii) any additional Federal resource 
                        necessary to implement any recommendation under 
                        subparagraph (A).
            (2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the submission 
        of the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
        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 report containing the strategy 
        developed under paragraph (1).
    (c) Consultation Required.--In carrying out subsections (a) and 
(b), the Secretary shall consult with--
            (1) a cross-section of trusted information and 
        communication technology vendors; and
            (2) the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security, the Attorney General, the Director of National 
        Intelligence, the Chair of the Federal Communications 
        Commission and any other head of an agency the Secretary 
        determines necessary.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Advanced telecommunications capability.--The term 
        ``advanced telecommunications capability'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 
        1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302).
            (2) Information and communication technology supply 
        chain.--The term ``information and communication technology 
        supply chain'' means all of the companies that produce 
        information and communication technology.
            (3) Information and communication technology.--The term 
        ``information and communication technology'' means a technology 
        (including software), component, or material that enables 
        communications by radio or wire.
            (4) Not trusted.--The term ``not trusted'' means, with 
        respect to a company or information and communication 
        technology, that the company or information and communication 
        technology is determined by the Secretary to pose an 
        unacceptable risk to national security of the United States, or 
        the security and safety of the United States persons based 
        solely on one or more determination described under paragraphs 
        (1) through (4) of section 2(c) of the Secure and Trusted 
        Communications Networks Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-124).
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
        for Communications and Information.
            (6) Trusted.--The term ``trusted'' means, with respect to a 
        company, that the Secretary has not determined that the company 
        is not trusted.
            (7) Trusted information and communication technology 
        vendor.--The term ``trusted information and communication 
        technology vendor'' means a company--
                    (A) that produces information and communication 
                technology; and
                    (B) that is trusted.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 20, 2021.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.