States International Leadership in 5g act as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 3763 a bill to direct the discriminate to provide assistance and Technical Expertise to enhance the representation and leadership of the United States at International Standards setting bodies that set standards for fifth and future generations, mobile, Telecommunications Systems and infrastructure, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from neverauskas, ms. Titus, and the gentleman from texas, mr. Mccaul, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from neverauskas. Ms. Titus thank you. I ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and include remarks extraneous material on h. R. 3763. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Titus 00 on that i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Titus mr. Speaker, let me start by thanking our Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs committee, mr. Mccaul of texas, for his hard work on the bill we are considering. In the years ahead, mr. Speaker, 5g will revolutionize the way we use technology. The way people interact with wireless devices will change draw matly dramatically. Massive economic benefits but only if were able to take advantage of them. There will also be risks. As people become more dependent n Wireless Communications and generate even more data about themselves in how they live bring with, 5g will it substantial national ecurity, cybersecurity, and privacy challenges. Massive networks in the United States and allied countries vulnerable to spying eyes and cyberattacks. There is the universal agreement on both sides of the aisle that american essential as l be we transition to 5g technology, on the seize opportunities and guard against the risk. We have four bills on the floor address the future expansion of 5g acrossmunication systems the United States and around the world. These bills will protect consumers, strengthen our National Security and that allies and help make sure the United States is taking all the steps necessary to pave the a 5g future that enhances our lives, brings us together, and protects against anyone who wants to technology for harm. The bill before us, the promoting United States in 5g ional leadership act, will help chart that path forward. Requires the on development of a strategy to at ote American Leadership internation International Standard setting bodies for 5g. Across ts our agencies the government to assess security risks posed by chinas this area, and it increases cooperation between he u. S. And its allies and partners in identifying and countering those risks. Start in what nt will be a massive undertaking for our government and our sector. I am pleased to support it, and i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Mccaul i rise today in support of my promoting United StatesInternational Leadership in 5g act. Which im pleased to introduce with my good friend, mr. Cuellar, also from the great state of texas. Texas is home to many leading Technology Communication companies and is an innovation hub. Cuttingedge Technology Like 5g holds the promise to create millions of jobs and add hundreds of billions of dollars to the United States economy. The standards which are set at the International Bodies such as the i. T. U. And the 3gpp are critical to the future of 5g. They establish a uniform criterion across devices, markets, and more. For example, the standards are the reason that your u. S. B. Memory stick fits into any u. S. B. Port on any device. For years these standards were adopted on merit. However, over the last few years china has been using coercive and underhanded tactics at International Bodies to adopt Chinese Technology in 5g standards. These efforts are unfairly benefit Chinese Companies and empower the communist party of china. The 2018 report to congress by the u. S. China economic and security review commission, states, quote, the Chinese Government is encouraging its companies to play a great role in international 5g standard organizations to ensure they set global standards. Such leadership may result in higher revenues and exports from internationally accepted intellectual property and technology and more global influence over future Wireless Technology and standards development. End of quote. My bill will ensure that the u. S. Maintains and in some cases increases leadership at the International Standards setting bodies. Specifically it creates an international orking group to provide assistance and Technical Expertise to enhance our representation leadership on these bodies. Additionally, my bill will create strategies for increasing engagement with our ally partners and the private sectors. These strategies will help increase the United States leadership in the global race to develop and deploy 5g and future generations of mobile Telecommunication Systems and infrastructure. Finally, my bill will provide an assessment of chinese activities at those International Bodies. This assessment will help us to ensure the standards setting bodies are not unduly influenced to adopt standards that unfairly advantage communist party of china, second and supported Companies Like huawei. China seeks to control Critical Industries and infrastructure by making them reliant on chinese technologies. These Chinese Companies are beholden to the laws and regulations in china that demand cooperation with chinese Intelligence Services. The free flow of information and security of a countrys data cannot be guaranteed using communist party of china supplied technology. There are credible reports of china taking advantage of Network Equipment supplied by its companies for intelligence advantage that date back from almost two decades. Therefore, mr. Speaker, its imperative that the United States leads at the standard settings organizations so we are not beholden to communist party of china control technologies that will severely impact the freedoms and securities that we value here in the United States. And i will say the war on 5g is on. Some would argue in the i. C. We are losing that war. And we need to compete with china and we need to win. This bill will go a long ways towards the United States taking the lead and backing the communist Chinese Party from its Intelligence Service data collection. I urge support and i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The gentlewoman from neverauskas is recognized. Ms. Titus thank you. I now ask unanimous consent for ms. Spanberger to control the remainder of my time. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Spanberger the gentlewoman from virginia is recognized. Ms. Spanberger thank you very much, mr. Speaker. I yield two minutes to mr. Cuellar. Mr. Cuellar thank you, mr. Speaker. I also want to thank chairwoman for yielding to me and bringing this measure to the floor. I want to thank chairman engel also. I also want to thank my good friend from texas, Ranking Member michael mccaul, for his leadership on this particular issue and for making this bill a bipartisan bill which is very important thing to do. This Bipartisan Legislation will enhance the leadership of the United States at the International Standard setting bodies for 5g mobile Telecom Systems and infrastructure. As we all know, and as has been mentioned, china is the most active power when it comes to industrial espionage and theft of intellectual property and actions against nations regimes. We certainly see this as a threfment once chinas 5g technology has been installed in a country, china owns that nations data, including personal information of its people. This results in unacceptable National Security risks and endangers allied information sharing. Market Analysis Shows that 5g technologies will create, if we do this ourselves here, will create up to three million new american jobs and add over 500 million billion to the countrys to our countrys gross domestic product. This bill aims to increase cooperation between the United States and allies and partners in identifying and countering this risk from china. Furthermore, this bill will increase americas Global Leadership on a 5g technology and provide an alternative to chinas dangerous staterun companies which currently dominate the 5g market. I want to say, i want to thank the Ranking Member, mr. Mccaul, chairman engel for doing this Bipartisan Legislation. Again we got to make sure that our priorities are clear when it comes to facing this danger. With that i would ask all the members to support this legislation. With that i yield back the balance of my time. Ms. Spanberger i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady reserves. The gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Mccaul thank you, madam speaker. Im pleased to yield three minutes to my good friend, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. Meadows. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Meadows thank you, madam speaker. I thank the gentleman for his leadership on this important piece of legislation. I rise in support of it. I can tell you there are a number of comments that are often made about texas. We see that we have got mr. Mccaul, weve got mr. Cuellar, weve got others behind me from texas. One of those is that everything is bigger in texas. But the more appropriate line here is, dont mess with texas. This legislation is all about making sure that our National Security is put first and foremost at the highest priority to make sure that we are competing internationally, right now, right now our chinese counterparts at huawei are deploying this kind of technology in countries that we would normally associate as our allies. Mr. Mccaul is right, in not only leading on this piece of legislation, but to stress the importance of competing now. In part of my district we are looking for 1g, not 5g. We are just hoping for some kind of cellular service. But i can tell you the country who builds it first will win on the National Security level. They will win because consumers are looking for that next generation of technology as we become more dependent and reliant on our cell phones. Additionally, we have reports that would suggest that some of the people working for huawei right now actually work for the Chinese Government as well. That it is not an independent company. In fact, not only are they working for the Chinese Government, but they are also working in cyber for the Chinese Government and we somehow think that this is going to work out well for the United States of america . It is time that we act. It is time that we come together. I want to applaud the gentlewoman opposite for her willingness to work and for chairman engel and mr. Cuellar to come together in a bipartisan manner. We need to act. Time is slipping away. If we dont act, there will be great repercussions. Not only for consumers, but for our National Security interests. So it is with that that i proudly urge support. I thank the gentleman for his leadership. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas reserves. The gentlelady from virginia is recognized. Ms. Spanberger i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady reserves. The gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Mccaul yes, madam speaker. Im pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from the great state of texas. The speaker pro tempore another texan is recognized. Thank you, madam speaker. Im honored to rise today in support of a critical piece of legislation, the promoting United StatesInternational Leadership in 5g act. I want to thank my friend and colleague from the texas 10th district. There is no doubt information and technology hold immense power. It is amazing to be in the same uilding where the very first morse code tell gram was received so long ago here in this building. Mr. Taylor as america builds on that legacy of technology, we have an opportunity to help lead the next global revolution. Industry 4. 0. An era of artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, 3d printing, and cloud computing. Im proud to represent an area, north texas, that plays an instrumental role in developing 5g. Its imperative that we establish an environment in which american businesses can thrive. One of the Guiding Companies forward in north texas is erickson and their north american Corporate Headquarters with 3,000 employees is in the Third District of texas. They are investing in research and development and partnering with other strategy strategic american players to accelerate 5g commercialization. Americas leadership begins now and we cant allow opportunities to shape the International Conversation pass us by. Which is why this legislation here today is so important. H. R. 3763 will ensure america has a seat at the table when it comes to determining the Global Telecom standards that this era will operate within. Im proud to represent north texas district with business taking an active role in 5g development. I want to again thank my colleague, mike mccaul. Appreciate your leadership on this important issue. Madam speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas reserves. The gentlelady from virginia is recognized. Ms. Spanberger i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady reserves. The gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Mccaul madam speaker, im pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from the Foreign Affairs committee, from florida, mr. Yoho. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Yoho thank you, madam speaker. Mr. Chairman, thank you. I rise today in support of h. R. 3763, the promoting United StatesInternational Leadership on the 5g act of 2019. I want to thank my colleague, Ranking Member, mr. Mccaul, for his work on this piece of important legislation. Chinese staterun companies are investing in the fifth generation or 5g Network Development and are seeking to dominate the Global Market in this space. This is an issue because the future of businesses, government service, medical services, consumer services, and much more will rely on 5g network. By 2035, its expected that the 5g technologies will create 12. 3 trillion in sales activity, and support 22 million jobs around the globe. Having chinese staterun 5g networks powering our lives puts america and our allys security at risk and give china access to the daily data on people around the world. This should alarm all of us and cannot be accepted. Our daily lives rely on networks now more than ever and the demands for advanced networks will only continue to increase. The specialist things we use every day even in refrigerators continue to be modified to need network connection. By full development, 5g should be able to power every network need in life. Further, 5g by design is meant to help power business equipment from things like Farm Equipments that do not need constant connections but will need 5g data transmitted frequently. This is why its so essential in this piece of legislation is so important and High Pressure this is a starting point and a point we can jump from not to just rely on 5g but to jump forward and leapfrog to 10g. I applaud this legislation because its great start. Thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas reserves. The gentlelady from virginia is recognized. Ms. Spanberger