119-hr2061

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2061 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2061

 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 11, 2025

 Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. Lee of Nevada) 
 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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