,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dija  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #af1 
#bjbj,ms4 ,cortez ,masto 7for herself   
and ,mr4 ,portman7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,director of the ,national ,institute of
 ,standards and ,technology to          
commission a study on the effect of the 
activities of ,china on standards for   
emerging technologies1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,ensuring ,american 
,leadership over ,international         
,standards ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,study on
 ,chinese policies and influence in the 
development of international standards  
for emerging technologies  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 an  

appropriate nongovernmental entity with 
relevant expertise1 as determined by the
 ,director1 to conduct a study and make 
recommendations with respect to the     
effect of the policies of the ,people's 
,republic of ,china and coordination    
among industrial entities within the    
,people's ,republic of ,china on        
international bodies engaged in         
developing and setting international    
standards for emerging technologies4    
,the study may include-- 7#a7 an        
assessment of how the role of the       
,people's ,republic of ,china 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 the         
standardization strategy of the         
,people's ,republic of ,china1 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 interests of the ,people's  
,republic of ,china 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 that the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china has utilized while            
participating in international standards
 setting organizations may foretell how 
the ,people's ,republic of ,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 an examination of  
the current role of partners and allies 
of the ,united ,states in the           
international standards setting process 

for emerging technologies2  7#f7        
recommendations on how the ,united      
,states can take steps-- 7,a7 to        
mitigate influence of the ,people's     
,republic of ,china2  7,b7 to bolster   
,united ,states public and private      
sector participation in international   
standards-setting bodies2 and  7,c7 to  
cooperate with allies and partners of   
the ,united ,states to counter influence
 of the ,people's ,republic of ,china in
 international standards-setting bodies2
 and  7#g7 any other areas the          
,director1 in consultation with the     
entity selected to conduct the study1   
believes is important to address4  7b7  
,report to congress ,the agreement      
entered into under subsection 7a7 shall 
require the entity conducting the study 
to1 not later than #a year after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act--    
7#a7 submit to the ,committee on        
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 and the ,committee on ,homeland        
,security and ,governmental ,affairs of 

the ,senate and the ,committee on       
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology and   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security of
 the ,house of ,representatives 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