Sec. 707. GAO report on Department critical telecommunications equipment or services obtained from suppliers closely linked to a leading cyber-threat actor
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on any critical telecommunications equipment, technologies, or services obtained or used by the Department or its contractors or subcontrators that is— manufactured by a foreign supplier, or a contractor or subcontractor of such supplier, that is closely linked to a leading cyber-threat actor; or from an entity that incorporates or utilizes information technology manufactured by a foreign supplier, or a contractor or subcontractor of such supplier, that is closely linked to a leading cyber-threat actor.
The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this section: The term leading cyber-threat actor means a country identified as a leading threat actor in cyberspace in the report entitled Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community , dated February 9, 2016. The term closely linked , with respect to a foreign supplier, contractor, or subcontrator and a leading cyber-threat actor, means the foreign supplier, contractor, or subcontractor— has ties to the military forces of such actor; has ties to the intelligence services of such actor; is the beneficiary of significant low interest or no-interest loans, loan forgiveness, or other support of such actor; or is incorporated or headquartered in the territory of such actor.