H.R. 5871, American Telecommunications Security Act
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H.R. 5871, the American Telecommunications Security Act, is 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. Luria and Womack introduced it in the House of Representatives on November 4, 2021, and it was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. It adds Title XII to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, providing that none of the funds may be used to obtain any covered communications equipment or service, as defined in section 9 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019.
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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 commu-
nications equipment or services that pose a national security risk.
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
A BILL
To prohibit the use of funds made available under the Amer-
ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to purchase, rent, lease,
or otherwise obtain communications equipment or serv-
ices that pose a national security risk.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Tele-
5 communications Security Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO OBTAIN COM-
2 MUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES
3 POSING NATIONAL SECURITY RISK.
4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The American Rescue Plan Act
5 of 2021 (Public Law 117–2; 135 Stat. 4) is amended by
6 adding at the end the following:
7 ‘‘TITLE XII—NATIONAL SECU-
8 RITY RESTRICTIONS ON USE
9 OF FUNDS
10 ‘‘SEC. 12001. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO OBTAIN
11 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES
12 POSING NATIONAL SECURITY RISK.
13 ‘‘None of the funds made available under this Act or
14 an amendment made by this Act may be used to purchase,
15 rent, lease, or otherwise obtain any covered communica-
16 tions equipment or service, as defined in section 9 of the
17 Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of
18 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608).’’.
19 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
20 The table of contents in section 2 of the American Rescue
21 Plan Act of 2021 is amended by adding at the end the
22 following:
‘‘TITLE XII—NATIONAL SECURITY RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF
FUNDS
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‘‘Sec. 12001. Prohibition on use of funds to obtain communications equipment
or services posing national security risk.’’.
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