S.Amdt. 559

SA 559. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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:

At the end of subtitle C of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. ___. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES REPORT ON
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CRITICAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES
OBTAINED FROM SUPPLIERS CLOSELY LINKED TO A
LEADING CYBER-THREAT ACTOR.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of
the United States shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on any critical telecommunications
equipment, technologies, or services obtained or used by the
Department of Defense or its contractors or subcontrators
that is--
(1) manufactured by a foreign supplier, or a contractor or
subcontractor of such supplier, that is closely linked to a
leading cyber-threat actor; or
(2) from an entity that incorporates or utilizes
information technology manufactured by a foreign supplier, or
a contractor or subcontractor of such supplier, that is
closely linked to a leading cyber-threat actor.
(b) Form.--The report shall be submitted in unclassified
form, but may include a classified annex.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``leading cyber-threat actor'' means a country
identified as a leading threat actor in cyberspace in the
report entitled ``Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US
Intelligence Community'', dated May 11, 2017, and includes
the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran,
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and the Russian
Federation.
(2) The term ``closely linked'', with respect to a foreign
supplier, contractor, or subcontrator and a leading cyber-
threat actor, means the foreign supplier, contractor, or
subcontractor--
(A) has ties to the military forces of such actor;
(B) has ties to the intelligence services of such actor;
(C) is the beneficiary of significant low interest or no-
interest loans, loan forgiveness, or other support of such
actor; or
(D) is incorporated or headquartered in the territory of
such actor.
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