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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION 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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH11, 2025
Mr. J
OYCEof Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. LEEof Nevada) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce
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 com-
petitiveness of the information and communication tech-
nology supply chain, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Information and Com-4
munication Technology Strategy Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OF INFORMATION 1
AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPLY 2
CHAIN. 3
(a) R
EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 4
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 5
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 6
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 7
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 8
information and communication technology supply chain 9
that— 10
(1) identifies— 11
(A) information and communication tech-12
nology critical to the economic competitiveness 13
of the United States; and 14
(B) the industrial capacity of— 15
(i) United States vendors that 16
produce information and communication 17
technology identified under subparagraph 18
(A); and 19
(ii) trusted information and commu-20
nication technology vendors that produce 21
information and communication technology 22
identified under subparagraph (A); 23
(2) assesses the economic competitiveness of 24
vendors described under paragraph (1)(B); 25
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(3) assesses whether, and to what extent, there 1
is a dependence by providers of advanced tele-2
communications capability in the United States on 3
information and communication technology identified 4
under paragraph (1)(A) that is not trusted; 5
(4) identifies— 6
(A) what actions by the Federal Govern-7
ment are needed to support, and bolster the 8
economic competitiveness of, trusted informa-9
tion and communication technology vendors; 10
and 11
(B) what Federal resources are needed to 12
reduce dependence by providers of advanced 13
telecommunications capability in the United 14
States on companies that— 15
(i) produce information and commu-16
nication technology; and 17
(ii) are not trusted; and 18
(5) defines lines of effort and assigns respon-19
sibilities for a whole-of-Government response to en-20
suring the competitiveness of the information and 21
communication technology supply chain in the 22
United States. 23
(b) W
HOLE-OF-GOVERNMENTSTRATEGY.— 24
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop, 1
on the basis of the report required by subsection (a), 2
a whole-of-Government strategy to ensure the eco-3
nomic competitiveness of trusted information and 4
communication technology vendors that includes— 5
(A) recommendations on how— 6
(i) to strengthen the structure, re-7
sources, and authorities of the Federal 8
Government to support the economic com-9
petitiveness of trusted information and 10
communication technology vendors, includ-11
ing United States vendors that are trusted 12
information and communication technology 13
vendors; and 14
(ii) the Federal Government can ad-15
dress any barriers to a market-based solu-16
tion for increasing the economic competi-17
tiveness of such information and commu-18
nication technology vendors; 19
(B) defined lines of effort and responsibil-20
ities for Federal agencies to implement the 21
strategy; and 22
(C) a description of— 23
(i) any change to a Federal program, 24
Federal law, or structure of the Federal 25
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Government necessary to implement any 1
recommendation under subparagraph (A); 2
and 3
(ii) any additional Federal resource 4
necessary to implement any recommenda-5
tion under subparagraph (A). 6
(2) R
EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 7
the submission of the report required by subsection 8
(a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 9
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-10
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 11
Transportation of the Senate a report containing the 12
strategy developed under paragraph (1). 13
(c) C
ONSULTATIONREQUIRED.—In carrying out sub-14
sections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall consult with— 15
(1) a cross-section of trusted information and 16
communication technology vendors; and 17
(2) the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 18
Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Direc-19
tor of National Intelligence, the Chair of the Federal 20
Communications Commission, and any other head of 21
an agency the Secretary determines necessary. 22
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23
(1) A
DVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CAPA -24
BILITY.—The term ‘‘advanced telecommunications 25
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capability’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-1
tion 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 2
U.S.C. 1302). 3
(2) I
NFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECH -4
NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘information and communica-5
tion technology’’ means a technology (including soft-6
ware), component, or material that enables commu-7
nications by radio or wire. 8
(3) I
NFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECH -9
NOLOGY SUPPLY CHAIN .—The term ‘‘information 10
and communication technology supply chain’’ means 11
all of the companies that produce information and 12
communication technology. 13
(4) N
OT TRUSTED.—The term ‘‘not trusted’’ 14
means, with respect to a company or information 15
and communication technology, that the company or 16
information and communication technology is deter-17
mined by the Secretary to pose an unacceptable risk 18
to the national security of the United States or the 19
security and safety of United States persons based 20
solely on one or more determinations described 21
under paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 2(c) of 22
the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 23
Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601(c)). 24
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(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 1
the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the As-2
sistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 3
and Information. 4
(6) T
RUSTED.—The term ‘‘trusted’’ means, 5
with respect to a company, that the Secretary has 6
not determined that the company is not trusted. 7
(7) T
RUSTED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICA -8
TION TECHNOLOGY VENDOR .—The term ‘‘trusted in-9
formation and communication technology vendor’’ 10
means a company— 11
(A) that produces information and commu-12
nication technology; and 13
(B) that is trusted. 14
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