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US lawmakers propose reforms to tool used to bar Chinese tech gear · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: The leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee has
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  Speaker 1: unveiled bipartisan legislation seeking comprehensive reforms to the primary national
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  Speaker 1: security tool utilized by the Federal Communications Commission to ban
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  Speaker 1: technology equipment produced by foreign adversaries. Introduced jointly by Rep.
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  Speaker 1: Brett Guthrie and Rep. Frank Pallone, the proposed statute introduces
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  Speaker 1: procedural changes to how hardware and software items are placed
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  Speaker 1: onto the agency's official covered list. By reforming the regulatory
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  Speaker 1: evaluation framework, lawmakers aim to establish clearer evidentiary standards, ensure
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  Speaker 1: predictable review timelines, and enhance systematic coordination across federal security
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  Speaker 1: agencies when identifying hardware that poses structural threats to national
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  Speaker 1: critical infrastructure. The covered list has served as a foundational
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  Speaker 1: regulatory mechanism for blocking foreign technology acquisitions. expanding far beyond
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  Speaker 1: its initial scope of traditional telecommunications equipment. In recent years,
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  Speaker 1: regulatory determinations have expanded to prohibit a broad spectrum of
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  Speaker 1: imported hardware, including unmanned aerial systems, commercial robotics, digital power inverters,
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  Speaker 1: and enterprise routing systems produced by Chinese state-affiliated entities. While
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  Speaker 1: the statutory restrictions effectively bar targeted devices from securing commercial
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  Speaker 1: authorizations or entering domestic supply chains, industry groups and national
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  Speaker 1: security analysts have raised concerns regarding inconsistent designation criteria, overlapping
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  Speaker 1: agency jurisdictions, and administrative delays that create supply chain bottlenecks
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  Speaker 1: for domestic infrastructure operators. Under the bipartisan reform proposal, the
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  Speaker 1: Federal Communications Commission would be required to integrate direct formal
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  Speaker 1: input from key executive branch interagency bodies, including the Department
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  Speaker 1: of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Director
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  Speaker 1: of National Intelligence. The legislation establishes formalized protocols for adding
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  Speaker 1: or removing specific hardware components, ensuring that national security designations
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  Speaker 1: are supported by detailed risk assessments rather than blanket category bans.
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  Speaker 1: As Congress seeks to protect vital telecommunications networks and power
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  Speaker 1: grids from foreign cyber vulnerabilities, the proposed oversight overhaul aims
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  Speaker 1: to strike a balance between rigorous national security protection and
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  Speaker 1: regulatory predictability for domestic technology industries.