S.Amdt. 1818

SA 1818. Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Kaine) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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:

Strike section 1046 and insert the following:

SEC. 1046. CONDITIONS FOR PERMANENTLY BASING UNITED STATES
EQUIPMENT OR ADDITIONAL MILITARY UNITS IN HOST
COUNTRIES WITH AT-RISK VENDORS IN 5G OR 6G
NETWORKS.

(a) In General.--Prior to a decision for basing a major
weapon system or an additional military unit comparable to or
larger than a battalion, squadron, or naval combatant for
permanent basing to a host nation with at-risk 5th generation
(5G) or sixth generation (6G) wireless network equipment,
software, and services, including the use of
telecommunications equipment, software, and services provided
by vendors such as Huawei and ZTE, where United States
military personnel and their families will be directly
connected or subscribers to networks that include such at-
risk equipment, software, and services in their official
duties or in the conduct of personal affairs, the Secretary
of Defense shall provide a certification to Congress that
includes--
(1) an acknowledgment by the host nation of the risk posed
by the network architecture;
(2) a description of steps being taken by the host nation
to mitigate any potential risks to the weapon systems,
military units, or personnel, and the Department of Defense's
assessment of those efforts;
(3) a description of steps being taken by the United States
Government to mitigate any potential risks to the weapon
systems, military units, or personnel; and
(4) a description of any defense mutual agreements between
the host nation and the United States intended to allay the
costs of risk mitigation posed by the at-risk infrastructure.
(b) Applicability.--The conditions in subsection (a) apply
to the permanent long-term stationing of equipment and
personnel, and do not apply to short-term deployments or
rotational presence to military installations outside the
United States in connection with exercises, dynamic force
employment, contingency operations, or combat operations.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report that
contains an assessment of--
(1) the risk to personnel, equipment, and operations of the
Department of Defense in host countries posed by the current
or intended use by such countries of 5G or 6G
telecommunications architecture provided by at-risk vendors;
and
(2) measures required to mitigate the risk described in
paragraph (1), including the merit and feasibility of the
relocation of certain personnel or equipment of the
Department to another location without the presence of 5G or
6G telecommunications architecture provided by at-risk
vendors.
(d) Form.--The report required by subsection (c) shall be
submitted in a classified form with an unclassified summary.
Strike section 1273.
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