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Huawei Prohibition Act of 2019

S. 2117 · 116th Congress · Jul 15, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

To limit the authority of the Secretary of Commerce to remove Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. from the entity list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Huawei Prohibition Act of 2019”.

2. Limitation on removal of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. from entity list of Bureau of Industry and Security

The Secretary of Commerce may not remove Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (in this section referred to as “Huawei”) from the entity list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, until the Secretary certifies to Congress that—
(1)
neither Huawei nor any senior officers of Huawei have engaged in actions in violation of sanctions imposed by the United States or the United Nations in the 5-year period preceding the certification;
(2)
Huawei has not engaged in theft of United States intellectual property in that 5-year period;
(3)
Huawei does not pose an ongoing threat to United States telecommunications systems or critical infrastructure; and
(4)
Huawei does not pose a threat to critical infrastructure of allies of the United States.