American Telecommunications Security Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5871 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5871

 To prohibit the use of funds made available under the American Rescue 
    Plan Act of 2021 to purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise obtain 
  communications equipment or services that pose a national security 
                                 risk.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 2021

Mrs. Luria (for herself and Mr. Womack) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of funds made available under the American Rescue 
    Plan Act of 2021 to purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise obtain 
  communications equipment or services that pose a national security 
                                 risk.

    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 ``American Telecommunications Security 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO OBTAIN COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 
              OR SERVICES POSING NATIONAL SECURITY RISK.

    (a) In General.--The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 
117-2; 135 Stat. 4) is amended by adding at the end the following:

      ``TITLE XII--NATIONAL SECURITY RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FUNDS

``SEC. 12001. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO OBTAIN COMMUNICATIONS 
              EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES POSING NATIONAL SECURITY RISK.

    ``None of the funds made available under this Act or an amendment 
made by this Act may be used to purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise 
obtain any covered communications equipment or service, as defined in 
section 9 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 
(47 U.S.C. 1608).''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in 
section 2 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is amended by adding 
at the end the following:

      ``TITLE XII--NATIONAL SECURITY RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FUNDS

``Sec. 12001. Prohibition on use of funds to obtain communications 
                            equipment or services posing national 
                            security risk.''.
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