Title: Information and Communication Technology Strategy Act
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.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4028 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4028

 To require the Secretary of Commerce 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2021

 Mr. Long (for himself, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Ms. Spanberger, and Mr. 
  McNerney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Commerce 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; and
                            (ii) the Federal Government can address any 
                        barriers to a market-based solution for 
                        increasing the economic competitiveness of 
                        trusted 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, 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 a threat to 
        the national security of the United States. In making such a 
        determination, the 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 information and communication 
                technology is, or whether a company 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).
            (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.
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