{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-1934","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 1934","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Federal Government to provide assistance and technical expertise to enhance the representation and leadership of the United States at international standards-setting bodies that set standards for equipment, systems, software, and virtually defined networks that support 5th and future generations mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Federal Government to provide assistance and technical expertise to enhance the representation and leadership of the United States at international standards-setting bodies that set standards for equipment, systems, software, and virtually defined networks that support 5th and future generations mobile telecommunications systems and infrastructure, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-03-16","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-07-14","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h351","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act of 2021","result":"Passed","yea":405,"nay":20,"present":0,"not_voting":5,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll351.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.","date":"2022-07-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-07-14","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires actions to increase U.S. influence in international organizations that develop and set standards for wireless telecommunications, such as fifth-generation (5G) technology, and to address the role of China's government in such standards-setting organizations. (Such organizations, with the involvement of stakeholders such as equipment manufacturers, develop and set standards for certain technologies to ensure interoperability between different companies' products.)"},{"k":"p","t":"The President must establish an interagency working group to work with allies and international partners to increase and align their engagement in standards-setting organizations, such as the International Telecommunication Union, that address standards and issues pertaining to communications networks, including 5G technology."},{"k":"p","t":"The Department of State must, in coordination with the working group, develop and implement a strategy to work with allies and partners and monitor efforts by China's government (and affiliated entities) to control or influence such organizations."},{"k":"p","t":"The working group must provide a briefing to Congress on (1) a strategy for diplomatic engagement with allies and partners to cooperate on addressing security risks in 5G and future generation mobile telecommunications systems, and (2) the presence and activities of China's government in international standards-setting organizations."}],"words":197},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the President to set up an interagency working group to increase the engagement of the United States and its allies and partners at international standards-setting bodies for 5th and future generations mobile telecommunications, and requires a briefing to Congress.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1934/text/eh#H2FB0207839BA4FEAA0184C6E5F9BD14F"}]},"core_areas":["U.S. participation in international standards-setting bodies for 5G and future mobile telecommunications","Diplomatic engagement with allies and partners on security risks in mobile telecommunications equipment"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the President to establish an interagency working group to work with allies and international partners to increase and align their engagement at multilateral international organizations, such as the International Telecommunications Union, that address communications networks, standards, and security.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1934/text/eh#H2FB0207839BA4FEAA0184C6E5F9BD14F"}},{"text":"Provides that the Secretary of State or a designee chairs the working group, and that its members are the head (or designee) of the Department of Commerce and each Federal department or agency the President determines appropriate.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1934/text/eh#H2FB0207839BA4FEAA0184C6E5F9BD14F"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of State to coordinate with the working group members to develop and implement a strategy for diplomatic engagement with allies and partners.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1934/text/eh#H2FB0207839BA4FEAA0184C6E5F9BD14F"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of State to monitor engagement by the Government of the People's Republic of China, and entities under its ownership, control, or influence, at those multilateral international organizations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1934/text/eh#H2FB0207839BA4FEAA0184C6E5F9BD14F"}},{"text":"Requires the working group to brief four named House and Senate committees within 180 days of enactment on a strategy for sharing security risk information about 5G and future generations mobile telecommunications equipment with allies and partners.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1934/text/eh#H2FB0207839BA4FEAA0184C6E5F9BD14F"}},{"text":"Requires that briefing to discuss China's presence and activities at those organizations, including the scope and scale of its engagement and the success rate of Chinese proposals adopted into standards compared with those of the United States, its allies and partners.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1934/text/eh#H2FB0207839BA4FEAA0184C6E5F9BD14F"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-07-14","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1934/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1934","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1934/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-1934.png","v":"c1dabc708e44","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1934, 117th Congress: Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act of 2021. House: 405 Yea, 20 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 14 Jul 2022."}}