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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 4459 (Introduced in House) — To prohibit Federal funds from being used to purchase communications equipment or services posing national security r... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Prohibition on use of Federal funds

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Federal funds may not be used to purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise obtain any covered communications equipment or service or to maintain any covered communications equipment or service previously purchased, rented, leased, or otherwise obtained. Paragraph
(1)shall apply with respect to any covered communications equipment or service beginning on the date that is 60 days after the date on which the Commission places such equipment or service on the list required by section 2(a). In the case of any covered communications equipment or service that is on the initial list published under such section, such equipment or service shall be treated as being placed on the list on the date on which such list is published. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall adopt a Report and Order in the matter of Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain Through FCC Programs (WC Docket No. 18–89) that implements subsection (a), to the extent such subsection applies to a program administered by the Commission. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal agency that administers a program through which Federal funds are made available shall update the regulations for the program to comply with subsection (a).
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