IB 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4028 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Information and Communication Technology Strategy Act . 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. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.