Sec. 4. Report and action plan to the President and Congress
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Not later than 15 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Task Force shall transmit to the President and the appropriate congressional committees a report and action plan that— identifies acts, policies, or practices of the United States, foreign governments, or international bodies, and related measures that— deny fair and equitable market access to or otherwise unjustifiably or unreasonably burden or restrict discourse or trade in Internet-related goods, services, and content; mandate, give preference to, or promote Internet-related technology standards that diverge from widely adopted international standards, or otherwise lead to the adoption of discriminatory or trade-restrictive technology standards or conformity assessment procedures; or otherwise threaten the interests of the United States in the technical operation, security, and free flow of global Internet communications; estimates the trade-distorting impact or extent of suppression of free expression of measures identified under paragraph
(1)on United States commerce, the interests of Internet users, and the functioning of the Internet; designates which measures identified under paragraph
(1)are priority concerns; sets forth a strategy and actions to be taken by Federal departments and agencies in response to measures identified under paragraph (1); and provides information with respect to any action taken (or the reasons if no action is taken) in response to any such measures identified in prior years’ reports, including such actions as are required under section 5. The reports and action plans required under subsection
(a)may contain a classified annex if the Task Force determines that such is appropriate. In preparing each annual report and action plan required under subsection (a), the Task Force shall— seek public participation by— publishing a notice in the Federal Register that includes instructions on how the public may submit comments on the report and plan; holding at least one public hearing; and establishing a website for the Task Force that publishes timely information regarding the Task Force’s activities and provides an opportunity for the public to submit comments to the Task Force; consult and coordinate with all relevant executive branch departments and agencies; consult and share timely information with civil society groups with expertise in Internet policy; and take into account information from such sources as may be available to the United States Trade Representative and such information as may be submitted to the Trade Representative by interested persons, including information contained in reports submitted under section 181(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2241(b)) and petitions submitted under section 302 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 2412). The Task Force shall publish in the Federal Register the report and action plan transmitted to Congress under subsection (a), but shall omit information transmitted to Congress under subsection (b). In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Finance, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
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