Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.3003 | Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim (R-MI)
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to assist trusted companies (i.e., companies determined to pose no national security threat) and relevant stakeholders with participation in organizations that set standards for telecommunications, wireless devices, and related equipment.

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 communications standards-
                setting bodies, 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 ``Promoting United States Wireless 
Leadership Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP OF UNITED STATES IN 
              COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES.

    (a) In General.--In order to enhance the representation of the 
United States and promote United States leadership in standards-setting 
bodies that set standards for 5G networks and for future generations of 
wireless communications networks, the Assistant Secretary shall, in 
consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology--
            (1) equitably encourage participation by companies and a 
        wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but not including any 
        company or relevant stakeholder that the Assistant Secretary 
        has determined to be not trusted, (to the extent such 
        standards-setting bodies allow such stakeholders to 
        participate) in such standards-setting bodies; and
            (2) equitably offer technical expertise to companies and a 
        wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but not including any 
        company or relevant stakeholder that the Assistant Secretary 
        has determined to be not trusted, (to the extent such 
        standards-setting bodies allow such stakeholders to 
        participate) to facilitate such participation.
    (b) Standards-Setting Bodies.--The standards-setting bodies 
referred to in subsection (a) include--
            (1) the International Organization for Standardization;
            (2) 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
            (3) any standards-setting body accredited by the American 
        National Standards Institute or Alliance 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 
Committees on Energy and Commerce and Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and Foreign Relations 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 described by 3GPP Release 15 or 
        higher.
            (3) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
        means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
        and Information.
            (4) Cloud computing.--The term ``cloud computing'' has the 
        meaning given the term in Special Publication 800-145 of the 
        National Institute of Standards and Technology, entitled ``The 
        NIST Definition of Cloud Computing'', published in September 
        2011, or any successor publication.
            (5) Communications network.--The term ``communications 
        network'' means any of the following:
                    (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) Not trusted.--The term ``not trusted'' means, with 
        respect to a company or stakeholder, that the company or 
        stakeholder is determined by the Assistant Secretary to pose a 
        threat to the national security of the United States. In making 
        such a determination, the Assistant Secretary shall rely solely 
        on one or more of the following determinations:
                    (A) A specific determination made by any executive 
                branch interagency body with appropriate national 
                security expertise, including the Federal Acquisition 
                Security Council established under section 1322(a) of 
                title 41, United States Code.
                    (B) A specific determination made by the Department 
                of Commerce pursuant to Executive Order No. 13873 (84 
                Fed. Reg. 22689; relating to securing the information 
                and communications technology and services supply 
                chain).
                    (C) Whether a company or stakeholder produces or 
                provides covered telecommunications equipment or 
                services, as defined in section 889(f)(3) of the John 
                S. McCain National 


              

                Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 
                Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 1918).

            Passed the House of Representatives July 20, 2021.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.