,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gaci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #h1 #bjbj,mr4  
,schweikert 7for himself and ,mr4 ,bera7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology  ,a   
,,bill  ,to direct the ,director of the 
,national ,institute of ,standards and  
,technology to commission a study on the
 impact of the activities of ,china on  
standards for emerging technologies4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,ensuring ,american ,leadership 
over ,international ,standards ,act of  
#bjai4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds   
the following3 7#a7 ,standards serve as 
the building blocks for product         
development and help ensure             
functionality1 interoperability1 and    
safety4  7#b7 ,global cooperation and   
coordination on standards for emerging  
technologies will be critical for having
 a consistent set of rules to enable    
market competition1 preclude barriers to

 trade1 and allow innovation to         
flourish4  7#c7 ,china's                
,standardization ,reform ,plan and      
,five-,year ,plan for ,standardization  
highlight its high-level goals to       
establish ,china as a standards power by
 #bjbj1 participate in at least half of 
all standards drafting and revision     
efforts in recognized international     
standards setting organizations1 and to 
strengthen ,china's participation in the
 governance of international standards  
setting organizations4  7#d7 ,as        
emerging technologies develop for global
 deployment1 it is critical that the    
,united ,states and its allies continue 
to shape standards that underpin the    
technologies themselves1 and the future 
international governance of these       
technologies4  7#e7 ,united ,states     
position on standardization in emerging 
technologies will be critical to ,united
 ,states economic competitiveness4  7#f7
 ,,nist is in a unique position to      
strengthen ,united ,states leadership in

 standards development1 particularly for
 emerging technologies1 to ensure       
continuing ,united ,states economic     
competitiveness and national security4  
#c4 ,external study  7a7 ,in general    
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,director of the ,national ,institute of
 ,standards and ,technology shall enter 
into an agreement with the ,national    
,academies of ,sciences1 ,engineering1  
and ,medicine to conduct a study1 and   
make recommendations with respect to the
 impact of ,chinese government policies 
and standards development on            
international bodies engaged in         
developing and setting international    
standards for emerging technologies4    
,the study may include-- 7#a7 an        
assessment of how ,china's role in      
international standards setting         
organizations has grown over the        
previous #aj years1 including in        
leadership roles in standards-drafting  
technical committees1 and the quality or

 value of that participation2  7#b7 an  
assessment of the impact of ,china's    
standardization strategy1 as identified 
in the ,chinese ,standard #bjce on      
international bodies engaged in         
developing and setting standards for    
select emerging technologies1 such as   
advanced communication technologies or  
cloud computing and cloud services2     
7#c7 an examination of whether          
international standards for select      
emerging technologies are being designed
 to promote ,chinese government         
interests that are expressed in the     
,made in ,china #bjbe plan to the       
exclusion of other participants2  7#d7  
an examination of how the previous      
practices ,china has utilized while     
participating in international standards
 setting organizations may foretell how 
,china will engage in international     
standardization activities of critical  
technologies like artificial            
intelligence and quantum information    
science1 and what may be the            

consequences2  7#e7 recommendations on  
how the ,united ,states can take steps  
to mitigate ,chinese influence in       
international standards-setting bodies  
and identify voting strategies with     
respect to international consensus      
standards for advanced wireless         
communications technologies and other   
critical technologies2 and  7#f7 any    
other areas the ,academies believe is   
important to address4  7b7 ,report to   
,congress ,the agreement entered into   
under subsection 7a7 shall require the  
,national ,academies of ,sciences1      
,engineering1 and ,medicine to1 not     
later than #b years after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act-- 7#a7 submit
 to the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 
and ,technology of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate a report containing the 
findings and recommendations of the     
review conducted under subsection 7a72  
and  7#b7 make a copy of such report    

available on a publicly accessible      
website4  7c7 ,authorization of         
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated to the ,director to     
carry out this section #a1jjj1jjj for   
fiscal year #bjbj4