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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2061
5	5	To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary
6	6	of Commerce for Communications and Information, to report on and
7	7	develop a whole-of-Government strategy with respect to the economic
8	8	competitiveness of the information and communication technology supply
9	9	chain, and for other purposes.
10	10	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11	11	MARCH11, 2025
12	12	Mr. J
13	13	OYCEof Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. LEEof Nevada) introduced
14	14	the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and
15	15	Commerce
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the
18	18	Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications
19	19	and Information, to report on and develop a whole-of-
20	20	Government strategy with respect to the economic com-
21	21	petitiveness of the information and communication tech-
22	22	nology supply chain, and for other purposes.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
24	24	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
25	25	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
26	26	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Information and Com-4
27	27	munication Technology Strategy Act’’. 5
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31	31	SEC. 2. ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OF INFORMATION 1
32	32	AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPLY 2
33	33	CHAIN. 3
34	34	(a) R
35	35	EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 4
36	36	of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 5
37	37	to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 6
38	38	of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 7
39	39	Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the 8
40	40	information and communication technology supply chain 9
41	41	that— 10
42	42	(1) identifies— 11
43	43	(A) information and communication tech-12
44	44	nology critical to the economic competitiveness 13
45	45	of the United States; and 14
46	46	(B) the industrial capacity of— 15
47	47	(i) United States vendors that 16
48	48	produce information and communication 17
49	49	technology identified under subparagraph 18
50	50	(A); and 19
51	51	(ii) trusted information and commu-20
52	52	nication technology vendors that produce 21
53	53	information and communication technology 22
54	54	identified under subparagraph (A); 23
55	55	(2) assesses the economic competitiveness of 24
56	56	vendors described under paragraph (1)(B); 25
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60	60	(3) assesses whether, and to what extent, there 1
61	61	is a dependence by providers of advanced tele-2
62	62	communications capability in the United States on 3
63	63	information and communication technology identified 4
64	64	under paragraph (1)(A) that is not trusted; 5
65	65	(4) identifies— 6
66	66	(A) what actions by the Federal Govern-7
67	67	ment are needed to support, and bolster the 8
68	68	economic competitiveness of, trusted informa-9
69	69	tion and communication technology vendors; 10
70	70	and 11
71	71	(B) what Federal resources are needed to 12
72	72	reduce dependence by providers of advanced 13
73	73	telecommunications capability in the United 14
74	74	States on companies that— 15
75	75	(i) produce information and commu-16
76	76	nication technology; and 17
77	77	(ii) are not trusted; and 18
78	78	(5) defines lines of effort and assigns respon-19
79	79	sibilities for a whole-of-Government response to en-20
80	80	suring the competitiveness of the information and 21
81	81	communication technology supply chain in the 22
82	82	United States. 23
83	83	(b) W
84	84	HOLE-OF-GOVERNMENTSTRATEGY.— 24
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88	88	(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop, 1
89	89	on the basis of the report required by subsection (a), 2
90	90	a whole-of-Government strategy to ensure the eco-3
91	91	nomic competitiveness of trusted information and 4
92	92	communication technology vendors that includes— 5
93	93	(A) recommendations on how— 6
94	94	(i) to strengthen the structure, re-7
95	95	sources, and authorities of the Federal 8
96	96	Government to support the economic com-9
97	97	petitiveness of trusted information and 10
98	98	communication technology vendors, includ-11
99	99	ing United States vendors that are trusted 12
100	100	information and communication technology 13
101	101	vendors; and 14
102	102	(ii) the Federal Government can ad-15
103	103	dress any barriers to a market-based solu-16
104	104	tion for increasing the economic competi-17
105	105	tiveness of such information and commu-18
106	106	nication technology vendors; 19
107	107	(B) defined lines of effort and responsibil-20
108	108	ities for Federal agencies to implement the 21
109	109	strategy; and 22
110	110	(C) a description of— 23
111	111	(i) any change to a Federal program, 24
112	112	Federal law, or structure of the Federal 25
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116	116	Government necessary to implement any 1
117	117	recommendation under subparagraph (A); 2
118	118	and 3
119	119	(ii) any additional Federal resource 4
120	120	necessary to implement any recommenda-5
121	121	tion under subparagraph (A). 6
122	122	(2) R
123	123	EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 7
124	124	the submission of the report required by subsection 8
125	125	(a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 9
126	126	Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-10
127	127	tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 11
128	128	Transportation of the Senate a report containing the 12
129	129	strategy developed under paragraph (1). 13
130	130	(c) C
131	131	ONSULTATIONREQUIRED.—In carrying out sub-14
132	132	sections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall consult with— 15
133	133	(1) a cross-section of trusted information and 16
134	134	communication technology vendors; and 17
135	135	(2) the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 18
136	136	Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Direc-19
137	137	tor of National Intelligence, the Chair of the Federal 20
138	138	Communications Commission, and any other head of 21
139	139	an agency the Secretary determines necessary. 22
140	140	(d) D
141	141	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23
142	142	(1) A
143	143	DVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CAPA -24
144	144	BILITY.—The term ‘‘advanced telecommunications 25
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148	148	capability’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-1
149	149	tion 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 2
150	150	U.S.C. 1302). 3
151	151	(2) I
152	152	NFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECH -4
153	153	NOLOGY.—The term ‘‘information and communica-5
154	154	tion technology’’ means a technology (including soft-6
155	155	ware), component, or material that enables commu-7
156	156	nications by radio or wire. 8
157	157	(3) I
158	158	NFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECH -9
159	159	NOLOGY SUPPLY CHAIN .—The term ‘‘information 10
160	160	and communication technology supply chain’’ means 11
161	161	all of the companies that produce information and 12
162	162	communication technology. 13
163	163	(4) N
164	164	OT TRUSTED.—The term ‘‘not trusted’’ 14
165	165	means, with respect to a company or information 15
166	166	and communication technology, that the company or 16
167	167	information and communication technology is deter-17
168	168	mined by the Secretary to pose an unacceptable risk 18
169	169	to the national security of the United States or the 19
170	170	security and safety of United States persons based 20
171	171	solely on one or more determinations described 21
172	172	under paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 2(c) of 22
173	173	the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 23
174	174	Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601(c)). 24
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178	178	(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 1
179	179	the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the As-2
180	180	sistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 3
181	181	and Information. 4
182	182	(6) T
183	183	RUSTED.—The term ‘‘trusted’’ means, 5
184	184	with respect to a company, that the Secretary has 6
185	185	not determined that the company is not trusted. 7
186	186	(7) T
187	187	RUSTED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICA -8
188	188	TION TECHNOLOGY VENDOR .—The term ‘‘trusted in-9
189	189	formation and communication technology vendor’’ 10
190	190	means a company— 11
191	191	(A) that produces information and commu-12
192	192	nication technology; and 13
193	193	(B) that is trusted. 14
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