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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## SEC. 707 GAO REPORT ON DEPARTMENT CRITICAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES OBTAINED FROM SUPPLIERS CLOSELY LINKED TO A LEADING CYBER-THREAT ACTOR ###

(a)Report Required 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— ####

(1)manufactured by a foreign supplier, or a contractor or subcontractor of such supplier, that is closely linked to a leading cyber-threat actor; or ####

(2)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. ###

(b)Form The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###

(c)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)Leading cyber-threat actor 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. ####

(2)Closely linked 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— #####

(A)has ties to the military forces of such actor; #####

(B)has ties to the intelligence services of such actor; #####

(C)is the beneficiary of significant low interest or no-interest loans, loan forgiveness, or other support of such actor; or #####

(D)is incorporated or headquartered in the territory of such actor.