S.Amdt. 2405

SA 2405. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In section 891, amend subsection (b) to read as follows:
(b) Prohibition on Use or Procurement.--The Secretary of
Defense may not--
(1) procure or obtain or extend or renew or continue to
participate in a contract to procure or obtain or continue to
use any equipment, system, or service that uses covered
telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or
essential component of any system, or as critical technology
as part of any system; or
(2) enter into a contract (or extend or renew or continue
to participate in a contract) with an entity that uses any
equipment, system, or service that uses covered
telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or
essential component of any system, or as critical technology
as part of any system.
______