H.R. 2061: Information and Communication Technology Strategy Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-03-11 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Information and Communication Technology Strategy Act

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Information and Communication Technology Strategy Act This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to report on the information and communication technology supply chain and to develop a strategy to ensure the economic competitiveness of trusted information and communication technology vendors. The report must include (1) an identification of technology that is critical to U.S. economic competitiveness and the industrial capacity of U.S. vendors and other trusted vendors that produce such technology, (2) an assessment of whether and to what extent there is a dependence by providers of advanced telecommunications capability in the United States on technology that is not trusted, and (3) an identification of federal government actions and resources needed to support the economic competitiveness of trusted vendors and reduce dependence on companies that are not trusted.

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Information and Communication Technology Strategy Act

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-119hr2061.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr>

Record fed-us-cong119-hr2061 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills