Ensuring Network Security Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8000 To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Network Reimbursement Program to include eligible telecommunications carriers and providers of educational broadband service, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AUGUST 11, 2020 Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself and Mr. KINZINGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Network Reimbursement Program to include eligible telecommuni- cations carriers and providers of educational broadband service, 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 ‘‘Ensuring Network Se- 4 curity Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:09 Aug 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8000.IH H8000 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8000 IH SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURE AND TRUSTED COM- 1 MUNICATIONS NETWORKS REIMBURSEMENT 2 PROGRAM. 3 Section 4 of the Secure and Trusted Communications 4 Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1603) is amended— 5 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 6 ‘‘2,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘10,000,000’’; 7 (2) in subsection (c)— 8 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 9 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 10 by inserting ‘‘, as defined in section 9 or 11 as defined in the Report and Order of the 12 Commission in the matter of Protecting 13 Against National Security Threats to the 14 Communications Supply Chain Through 15 FCC Programs (FCC 19–121; WC Docket 16 No. 18–89; adopted November 22, 2019) 17 (in this section referred to as the ‘Report 18 and Order’) and subsequently reported to 19 the Commission in response to its Feb- 20 ruary 26, 2020, Supply Chain Data Collec- 21 tion, and’’ after ‘‘services’’; 22 (ii) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘were 23 reported to the Commission in response to 24 its February 26, 2020, Supply Chain Data 25 Collection or’’ after ‘‘services that’’; and 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:09 Aug 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8000.IH H8000 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8000 IH (iii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘were 1 not reported to the Commission in re- 2 sponse to its February 26, 2020, Supply 3 Chain Data Collection or’’ after ‘‘services 4 that’’; and 5 (B) in paragraph (2)(A)— 6 (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘was re- 7 ported to the Commission in response to 8 its February 26, 2020, Supply Chain Data 9 Collection or’’ after ‘‘service that’’; and 10 (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘was 11 not reported to the Commission in re- 12 sponse to its February 26, 2020, Supply 13 Chain Data Collection or’’ after ‘‘service 14 that’’; and 15 (3) in subsection (d)(5)— 16 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The 17 Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to sub- 18 paragraph (C), the Commission’’; and 19 (B) by adding at the end the following: 20 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY FOR ALLOCATION.—On and 21 after the date of enactment of this subpara- 22 graph, the Commission shall allocate sufficient 23 reimbursement funds— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:09 Aug 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8000.IH H8000 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 8000 IH ‘‘(i) first, to approved applicants that 1 have 2,000,000 or fewer customers, for re- 2 moval and replacement of covered commu- 3 nications equipment, as defined in section 4 9; 5 ‘‘(ii) after funds have been allocated 6 to all applicants described in clause (i), to 7 approved applicants that are accredited 8 public or private non-commercial edu- 9 cational institutions providing their own 10 facilities-based education broadband serv- 11 ice, as defined in section 27.4 of title 47, 12 Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc- 13 cessor regulation, for removal and replace- 14 ment of covered communications equip- 15 ment, as defined in the Report and Order; 16 and 17 ‘‘(iii) after funds have been allocated 18 to all applicants described in clause (ii), to 19 approved applicants that are designated as 20 eligible telecommunications carriers under 21 section 214(e) of the Communications Act 22 of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 214(e)) or affiliates of 23 such a carrier, for removal and replace- 24 ment of covered communications equip- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:09 Aug 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8000.IH H8000 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 8000 IH ment, as defined in the Report and Order 1 and subsequently reported to the Commis- 2 sion in response to its February 26, 2020, 3 Supply Chain Data Collection.’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:09 Aug 29, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8000.IH H8000 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS