Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that— (1) secure telecommunications networks, both domestically and within partner and allied nations, are important to the national security of the United States; (2) the risks posed by untrusted telecommunications vendors, particularly those based in the People’s Republic of China, to communications, data security, and the viability of networks outweigh any potential benefits; and (3) the United States Government should use the tools of economic statecraft to promote secure telecommunications networks.