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House Passes 5G Supply Chain Security Bill, Includes Reimbursement Program

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, December 16th, 2019

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House Passes 5G Supply Chain Security Bill, Includes Reimbursement Program

The House on Monday passed legislation banning the use of federal funds to buy equipment from prohibited telecommunications companies and establishing a reimbursement program to assist with removing barred equipment from supply chains. The Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (H.R.4998), sponsored by Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), was approved by voice vote and is intended to further preclude companies such as China’s Huawei and ZTE from U.S. vendors’ future 5G telecommunications efforts. “The increasingly globalized supply chain for…

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