Neutralizing Emerging Threats from Wireless OEMs Receiving direction from Kleptocracies and Surveillance states Act or the NETWORKS Act This bill requires the President to block and prohibit significant transactions and interests in property of a foreign individual or entity that (1) produces fifth- or future-generation telecommunications technology; and (2) engages in economic or industrial espionage, or other related illicit activities, involving trade secrets or proprietary information owned by a U.S. individual or entity.
Congressional oversightForeign and international corporationsForeign propertyPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsTelephone and wireless communicationTrade restrictionsTrade secrets and economic espionageWar and emergency powers
NETWORKS Act
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| Updated: 3/12/2020
Neutralizing Emerging Threats from Wireless OEMs Receiving direction from Kleptocracies and Surveillance states Act or the NETWORKS Act This bill requires the President to block and prohibit significant transactions and interests in property of a foreign individual or entity that (1) produces fifth- or future-generation telecommunications technology; and (2) engages in economic or industrial espionage, or other related illicit activities, involving trade secrets or proprietary information owned by a U.S. individual or entity.
Congressional oversightForeign and international corporationsForeign propertyPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSanctionsTelephone and wireless communicationTrade restrictionsTrade secrets and economic espionageWar and emergency powers