S.Amdt. 2085

SA 2085. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S.
1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in
the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Beginning on page 341, strike line 22 and all that follows
through page 342, line 19, and insert the following:
(l) Determination Related to Certain Optical Transmission
Equipment.--
(1) Proceeding.--Not later than 45 days after the date of
enactment of this division, the Secretary of Commerce shall
commence a process to make a determination for purposes of
section 2 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks
Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601) whether future transactions
involving optical transmission equipment that is
manufactured, produced, or distributed by an entity owned,
controlled, or supported by the People's Republic of China
and that is capable of routing or redirecting user data
traffic or permitting visibility into any user data or
packets that such equipment transmits or handles would pose
an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United
States or the security and safety of United States persons.
(2) Communication of determination.--If the Secretary
determines pursuant to paragraph (1) that future transactions
involving such optical transmission equipment would pose an
unacceptable risk consistent with that paragraph, the
Secretary shall immediately transmit that determination to
the Federal Communications Commission consistent with section
2 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of
2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601).
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