S.Amdt. 2096

SA 2096. Ms. ROSEN 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:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. 5G SECURE COMMUNICATIONS FUND.

(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``eligible company'' means a United States-
headquartered company that demonstrates a likelihood of being
able to use a grant awarded under subsection (b) to achieve
the goal described in subsection (c);
(2) the term ``end-to-end solution'' means the components
and software necessary to deploy a complete, integrated
wireless communications network, including the core, radio
access network, and interoperable equipment interfaces;
(3) the term ``Open RAN'' means open, interface standards-
based compatible, interoperable radio access network
architectures, such as equipment and software developed
pursuant to the standards set forth by organizations such as
the O-RAN Alliance, the Telecom Infra Project, the Third
Generation Partnership Project (commonly known as

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``3GPP''), the Open-RAN Software Community, or any successor
organizations;
(4) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce;
and
(5) the term ``United States-headquartered company'' means
a company or other business entity that, as determined by the
Secretary--
(A) conducts a significant level of its research,
development, engineering, manufacturing, integration,
services, and information technology activities in the United
States; and
(B) is a company or other business entity the majority
ownership or control of which is by United States citizens.
(b) Grant Program.--The Secretary, acting through the
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and
Information, and in consultation with the Federal
Communications Commission, shall carry out a grant program to
achieve the goal described in subsection (c).
(c) Goal.--A grant awarded under subsection (b) shall be
designed to accelerate the development and deployment by an
eligible company of secure, end-to-end solutions for wireless
communications utilizing Open RAN technologies in order to
enhance the safety and security of the telecommunications
architecture of the United States.
(d) Maximum Grant Amount.--The amount of a grant awarded to
an eligible company under subsection (b) may not exceed
$100,000,000 per year.
(e) Relation to Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation
Fund.--The grant program carried out under subsection (b)
shall be separate from the Public Wireless Supply Chain
Innovation Fund established under section 9202(a)(1) of the
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) and the amounts
appropriated for that Fund under section 1003 of this Act.
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