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The bill centralizes federal planning to strengthen trusted domestic ICT and telecom supply chains—improving national resilience and consumer protections—while imposing additional federal costs and risks of market disruption and regulatory uncertainty for companies.
State and federal governments and tech-sector workers: Federal agencies will create a coordinated strategy to strengthen domestic and trusted ICT and telecom suppliers, improving national telecom supply resilience and reducing reliance on untrusted vendors.
Small businesses and tech-sector firms: The bill directs identification of critical ICT and domestic industrial capacity so federal support can be targeted to grow trusted suppliers and bolster the domestic supplier base.
Taxpayers, utilities and energy companies, and consumers: Assessing dependence of advanced telecom providers on untrusted ICT could prompt measures that protect consumers' security and service reliability.
Utilities, energy companies and consumers: Designating vendors as 'not trusted' could restrict market access, disrupt existing supply contracts, and raise costs for providers and end users.
Taxpayers: Preparing and implementing the interagency strategy will require additional federal funding, increasing costs borne by taxpayers.
Small businesses and taxpayers: Federal interventions that favor 'trusted' vendors risk distorting markets or disadvantaging foreign firms, which could raise prices or slow telecom deployment.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires Commerce to assess the ICT supply chain and deliver a report and whole-of-government strategy to boost trusted ICT vendor competitiveness and reduce reliance on untrusted suppliers.
Introduced March 11, 2025 by John Joyce · Last progress March 11, 2025
Requires the Commerce Secretary (through the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information) to assess the U.S. information and communication technology (ICT) supply chain and produce a whole-of-government strategy to support the economic competitiveness of trusted ICT vendors. The Secretary must deliver a report to two congressional committees within one year that identifies critical ICT, trusted and domestic vendor capacity, vendor competitiveness, and dependence on untrusted ICT, and then submit a strategy within 180 days after that report with recommended federal actions, assigned agency responsibilities, and any needed legal or resource changes. The law defines key terms such as “trusted” and “not trusted” vendors and requires consultation with a cross-section of trusted ICT vendors and specified federal officials while preparing the report and strategy.