House Commerce Lawmakers Expected to File 3 Bills on Supply Chain Security, Spectrum

House Commerce Committee members are expected to file a trio of bills Tuesday in advance of a planned Friday House Communications Subcommittee hearing on supply chain and spectrum legislation (see 1909200058), communications sector lobbyists and officials told us. The Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act is expected legislation (see 1909120003) being spearheaded by House Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J. It would provide funding to rural carriers to remove equipment originating from companies that may be a security risk, including Chinese equipment makers Huawei and ZTE, lobbyists said. The Studying How to Harness Airwave Resources Efficiently (Share) Act would direct the FCC and NTIA to come up with a plan for sharing the 7 GHz band between federal incumbents and commercial users, lobbyists and officials said. The bill envisions the two agencies creating a plan similar to that used for sharing the 3.5 GHz citizens broadband radio service band, officials said. The third bill focuses on promoting data sharing related to cybersecurity breaches of networks' security, officials said.