Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act Becomes Law

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President Donald Trump has signed the Secure and Trusted Communications Act (HR 4998) into law, which "prohibits certain Federal subsidies from being used to purchase communications equipment or services posing national security risks; and establishes a reimbursement program for the replacement of communications equipment of services posing such risks." Specifically, the law:

  • Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish the Secure and Trusted Communications Reimbursement Program to assist small communications providers with the costs of removing prohibited equipment or services from their networks and replacing the prohibited equipment with more secure communications equipment or services;
  • Helps the Federal government better share supply chain security information with carriers, particularly smaller carriers, to help keep suspect equipment out of our networks in the future.
  • Prohibits the use of federal funds administered by the FCC to purchase communications equipment or services from companies that pose a national security risk to American communications networks;

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