119-hr1765

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 1765 Referred in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1765

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 15, 2025

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
 Science, and Transportation

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 AN ACT

 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce 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 2025''.

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 
and the Department of State--

    (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 14, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.