[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1838 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
103d CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 1838
To liberalize controls on the export of telecommunications equipment
and technology in order to promote democracy and free communication and
enhance economic competitiveness.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 9 (legislative day, January 25), 1994
Mr. Shelby introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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A BILL
To liberalize controls on the export of telecommunications equipment
and technology in order to promote democracy and free communication and
enhance economic competitiveness.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
(a) The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The free exchange of ideas and information through
modern, reliable telecommunications equipment fosters the
development of democratic institutions, the promotion of free
market economic reforms, and the facilitation of international
commerce.
(2) Exports of advanced telecommunications equipment and
technology contribute to the United States economic
competitiveness and high-skill, high-wage jobs in the United
States.
(3) Export restrictions on telecommunications equipment and
technology are outdated, controlling the export of equipment
and technology that is more than 10 years old and has over 15
times less capacity than similar equipment and technology in
use today in the United States.
(4) Foreign availability of telecommunications equipment
and technology exists both from countries that do not belong to
or cooperate with the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral
Export Controls, and from within countries to which exports of
such equipment and technology are controlled by agreement of
the Coordinating Committee.
SEC. 2. EXPORT CONTROLS ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 5(c) of the Export Administration Act of
1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2404(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(8)(A) The Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after
the date of the enactment of this paragraph, propose to COCOM
or to its successor export control regime, and to any other
export control regime which maintains controls on
telecommunications equipment and technology, that exports of
telecommunications equipment and telecommunications technology
for civil and uses shall not require a validated license or
reexport authorization for export or reexport to any of the
republics of the former Soviet Union, the People's Republic of
China, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania,
Albania, Estonia, Lithuania, or Latvia.
``(B) For the purposes of this paragraph--
``(i) the term `telecommunications equipment'
includes--
``(I) telephone switching systems and
stored program controlled communications
switching systems, including related features
and components that provide services and
management of telecommunications networks;
``(II) telecommunications transmission
equipment;
``(III) microwave, light wave, and other
radio relay, transmitting, or test equipment,
and related components and accessories;
``(IV) telecommunications cables and
components, including optical fibers and
optical fiber cables;
``(V) equipment containing frequency
synthesizers when used in land-based mobile
communications systems;
``(VI) equipment described in any of
clauses (I) through (V), or any other
telecommunications equipment, that contains
lasers;
``(VII) computer hardware and application
specific software which are related to any of
the items described in clauses (I) through (V)
and are required for data communications;
``(VIII) all spare parts, components, and
measuring or test equipment related to any of
the items described in clauses (I) through
(VII); and
``(IX) any other equipment controlled by
Parts I or II of Category 5 of the Commerce
Control List as of July 1, 1993;
``(ii) the term `telecommunications technology'
means technology related to telecommunications
equipment, including technology for the production,
development, and use of telecommunications equipment;
``(iii) the term `telecommunications networks'
includes local area, intracity, intercity, and
international telecommunications networks; and
``(iv) the term `telecommunications' means voice,
video, and data communications over any public or
private network or broadcasting system, and services
related to such communications.
``(b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate a report certifying that the proposal
required by section 5(c)(8) of the Export Administration Act of 1979
(as added by subsection (a) of this section) has been made to the
members of the Coordinating Committee or to its successor export
control regime, and to any other export control regime which maintains
controls on telecommunications equipment and technology, and outlining
the plans to gain the concurrence of the other members of the Committee
or the appropriate regime in the proposal.''.
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