Senate Bill Targets Chinese Optical Transceivers
McCormick joined three senators in introducing a bill to restrict federal purchases of Chinese-made optical transceivers for national-security systems.

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Four senators introduced a bill to bar federal agencies from buying Chinese-made optical transceivers for sensitive national-security networks. It would phase in the ban over five years and require an assessment of trusted U.S. and allied production capacity.
Sens. Dave McCormick, Ruben Gallego, John Cornyn and John Fetterman introduced the Securing National Security Systems from Chinese Optical Transceivers Act. The proposal would prohibit purchases of covered transceivers for national-security systems, naming InnoLight and Eoptolink and allowing officials to designate other adversary-linked firms. It would also cover devices containing those firms’ software, firmware or parts.
The bill would take effect after a five-year transition, allow temporary waivers when trusted alternatives are unavailable and require the Commerce Department to assess U.S. and allied manufacturing capacity. The sponsors said Chinese manufacturers’ market position and reprogrammable firmware pose supply-chain and security risks. The article also reports endorsements from several organizations and quotes one group estimating that Chinese companies control about 70 percent of the global optical-module market.
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