Trump Signs FY 2019 NDAA With Anti-ZTE, CFIUS Revamp Language
President Donald Trump signed the conference version of the FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (HR-5515) Monday, with language to bar U.S. agencies from using “risky” technology produced by ZTE or fellow Chinese telecom equipment firm Huawei. Conferees agreed to…
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attach the Huawei/ZTE language originally included in the earlier House-passed HR-5515 instead of a harder-line anti-ZTE provision in the Senate-passed version (see 1807200053). The Senate approved the conference HR-5515 earlier this month, after the House cleared it (see 1807260049 and 1808010068). The conference HR-5515 also includes a modified version of the language from the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act that originally appeared in the Senate-passed NDAA (see 1807190064). That HR-4311/S-2098 language would expand the scope of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to probe more investments, including in "critical" technology or infrastructure companies (see 1804260029).