HR4741-118

In Committee

To require the development of a strategy to promote the use of secure telecommunications infrastructure worldwide, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Sep 10, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require the development of a strategy to promote the use of secure telecommunications infrastructure worldwide, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Foreign Policy, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H8EF40ADCB5724852B54F9BEB1AF753FE: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing Global Telecommunications Act.
  • Section H654078BDDA6243ACB6F8CB2040F7B3E6: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress as follows: The United States Government should promote and take steps to ensure American leadership in...
  • Section H9D7D0BAAFE6440A4B76100DAD660F3B4: 3. Strategy for securing global telecommunications infrastructure Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State...
  • Section HC5E33AAF126446B68FDB2F1A9371B8E9: 4. Report on malign influence at the International Telecommunication Union Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of...
  • Section H632019142CE54498955DA8A5A0FB7EED: 5. Report on multilateral coordination Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To require the development of a strategy to promote the use of secure telecommunications infrastructure worldwide, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Foreign Policy, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To require the development of a strategy to promote the use of secure telecommunications infrastructure worldwide, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Foreign Policy Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • technology companies and users of digital services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 10, 2024

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign …

Jul 19, 2023

Ms. Manning (for herself and Mrs. Kim of California) introduced …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Foreign Policy Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce

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