[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1354 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1354
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 3, 2023
Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Weber of Texas)
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, 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.--The term
``information and communication technology'' means a technology
(including software), component, or material that enables
communications by radio or wire.
(3) 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.
(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 the national security of the United States
or the security and safety of United States persons based
solely on one or more determinations described under paragraphs
(1) through (4) of section 2(c) of the Secure and Trusted
Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601(c)).
(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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