Cybersecurity Policy Report, Bill to Promote Foreign Sales of U.S. Cyber Technologies Advances in Senate, (Jun 18, 2026)
Bipartisan legislation that would encourage foreign nations to purchase U.S.-made “cyber and digital technologies” cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday by voice vote.
The U.S. Technology Procurement and Access to Trusted Hardware (U.S. Tech PATH) Act (S.B. 4570, 119th Cong. (2026)) was introduced by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D., N.H.), the committee’s ranking member, and Pete Ricketts (R., Neb.) (CPR, May 20).
Foreign nations “are increasingly turning towards strategic competitors like the People's Republic of China to procure cyber and digital technologies due to their low cost, acceptable efficiency, and associated training and maintenance,” the bill says.
But the use of Chinese technology products introduces cyber risks and undermines “the ability of foreign government partners to operate securely alongside United States systems and those of United States allies,” it says.
“[As] the United States seeks to maintain its global competitive edge in critical and emerging technologies, including advanced cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, advanced telecommunications, and robotics, it is in the interest of the United States Government to establish policies and procedures that streamline foreign government partners’ ability to procure trusted and reliable technologies from the United States and United States allies and partners,” it adds.
The bill would direct the State Department to develop a U.S. Technology Procurement Program overseen by an Office of United States Technology Procurement. It would authorize the department to spend $500 million over the next five years to operate the program.
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