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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1795
5	5	To impose sanctions with respect to foreign telecommunications companies
6	6	engaged in economic or industrial espionage against United States per-
7	7	sons, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	MARCH3, 2025
10	10	Ms. H
11	11	OULAHAN(for herself and Mr. STRONG) introduced the following bill;
12	12	which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To impose sanctions with respect to foreign telecommuni-
15	15	cations companies engaged in economic or industrial espi-
16	16	onage against United States persons, and for other pur-
17	17	poses.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Neutralizing Emerging 4
22	22	Threats from Wireless OEMs Receiving direction from 5
23	23	Kleptocracies and Surveillance states Act’’ or the ‘‘NET-6
24	24	WORKS Act’’. 7
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28	28	SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 1
29	29	It is the sense of Congress that— 2
30	30	(1) secure telecommunications networks, both 3
31	31	domestically and within partner and allied nations, 4
32	32	are important to the national security of the United 5
33	33	States; 6
34	34	(2) the risks posed by untrusted telecommuni-7
35	35	cations vendors, particularly those based in the Peo-8
36	36	ple’s Republic of China, to communications, data se-9
37	37	curity, and the viability of networks outweigh any 10
38	38	potential benefits; and 11
39	39	(3) the United States Government should use 12
40	40	the tools of economic statecraft to promote secure 13
41	41	telecommunications networks. 14
42	42	SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO ECO-15
43	43	NOMIC OR INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE BY FOR-16
44	44	EIGN TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES. 17
45	45	(a) I
46	46	NGENERAL.—On and after the date that is 90 18
47	47	days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-19
48	48	dent shall exercise all of the powers granted to the Presi-20
49	49	dent under the International Emergency Economic Powers 21
50	50	Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to 22
51	51	block and prohibit all significant transactions in property 23
52	52	and interests in property of a foreign person described in 24
53	53	subsection (b) if such property and interests in property 25
54	54	are in the United States, come within the United States, 26
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58	58	or are or come within the possession or control of a United 1
59	59	States person. 2
60	60	(b) F
61	61	OREIGNPERSONSDESCRIBED.—A foreign per-3
62	62	son is described in this subsection if the President deter-4
63	63	mines that the person, on or after the date of the enact-5
64	64	ment of this Act— 6
65	65	(1) produces fifth or future generation tele-7
66	66	communications technology; and 8
67	67	(2) conducts business relating to such tele-9
68	68	communications technology in a manner contrary to 10
69	69	the United States’ national security interests. 11
70	70	(c) E
71	71	XCEPTIONS.— 12
72	72	(1) E
73	73	XCEPTION FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI -13
74	74	TIES.—Sanctions under this section shall not apply 14
75	75	to any activity subject to the reporting requirements 15
76	76	under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 16
77	77	(50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized intel-17
78	78	ligence activities of the United States. 18
79	79	(2) E
80	80	XCEPTION RELATING TO THE PROVISION 19
81	81	OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE .—Sanctions under 20
82	82	this section may not be imposed with respect to 21
83	83	transactions or the facilitation of transactions for— 22
84	84	(A) the sale of agricultural commodities, 23
85	85	food, medicine, or medical devices; 24
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89	89	(B) the provision of humanitarian assist-1
90	90	ance; 2
91	91	(C) financial transactions relating to hu-3
92	92	manitarian assistance; or 4
93	93	(D) transporting goods or services that are 5
94	94	necessary to carry out operations relating to 6
95	95	humanitarian assistance. 7
96	96	(d) W
97	97	AIVER.—The President may waive the applica-8
98	98	tion of sanctions under this section with respect to a for-9
99	99	eign person for renewable periods of not more than 90 10
100	100	days each if the President determines and reports to Con-11
101	101	gress that such a waiver is vital to the national security 12
102	102	interests of the United States. 13
103	103	(e) I
104	104	MPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 14
105	105	(1) I
106	106	MPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-15
107	107	ercise the authorities provided to the President 16
108	108	under sections 203 and 205 of the International 17
109	109	Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 18
110	110	and 1704) to the extent necessary to carry out this 19
111	111	section. 20
112	112	(2) P
113	113	ENALTIES.—A person that violates, at-21
114	114	tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 22
115	115	violation of subsection (a) or any regulation, license, 23
116	116	or order issued to carry out that subsection shall be 24
117	117	subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 25
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121	121	and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer-1
122	122	gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 2
123	123	same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 3
124	124	act described in subsection (a) of that section. 4
125	125	(f) D
126	126	EFINITIONS.— 5
127	127	(1) I
128	128	N GENERAL.—In this section: 6
129	129	(A) F
130	130	IFTH OR FUTURE GENERATION 7
131	131	TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY .—The 8
132	132	term ‘‘fifth or future generation telecommuni-9
133	133	cations technology’’ means telecommunications 10
134	134	technology that conforms to the technical stand-11
135	135	ards followed by the telecommunications indus-12
136	136	try for telecommunications technology that is 13
137	137	commonly known in the industry as fifth gen-14
138	138	eration or future generation technology. 15
139	139	(B) F
140	140	OREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign 16
141	141	person’’ means any person that is not a United 17
142	142	States person. 18
143	143	(C) K
144	144	NOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, 19
145	145	with respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a 20
146	146	result, means that a person has actual knowl-21
147	147	edge, or should have known, of the conduct, the 22
148	148	circumstance, or the result. 23
149	149	(D) P
150	150	ERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means 24
151	151	an individual or entity. 25
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155	155	(E) UNITED STATES PERSON .—The term 1
156	156	‘‘United States person’’ means— 2
157	157	(i) a United States citizen or an alien 3
158	158	lawfully admitted for permanent residence 4
159	159	to the United States; or 5
160	160	(ii) an entity organized under the laws 6
161	161	of the United States or any jurisdiction 7
162	162	within the United States, including a for-8
163	163	eign branch of such an entity. 9
164	164	(F) U
165	165	NTRUSTED TELECOMMUNICATIONS 10
166	166	VENDOR.—The term ‘‘untrusted telecommuni-11
167	167	cations vendor’’ has the meaning given to the 12
168	168	term ‘‘covered communications equipment or 13
169	169	service’’ in section 9 of the Secure and Trusted 14
170	170	Communications Network Act of 2019 (47 15
171	171	U.S.C. 1608). 16
172	172	(2) D
173	173	ETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANCE .—For 17
174	174	the purposes of this section, in determining if trans-18
175	175	actions are significant, the President may consider 19
176	176	the totality of the facts and circumstances, including 20
177	177	factors similar to the factors set forth in section 21
178	178	561.404 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or 22
179	179	any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 23
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183	183	(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—For purposes of 1
184	184	this section, a transaction shall not be construed to 2
185	185	include— 3
186	186	(A) participation in an international stand-4
187	187	ards-setting body or the activities of such a 5
188	188	body; or 6
189	189	(B) a transaction involving existing third 7
190	190	or fourth generation telecommunications net-8
191	191	works. 9
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