1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transatlantic Te­le­com­mu­ni­ca­tions Security Act . 2. Statement of policy (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) Fifth-generation telecommunications networks in allied and partner countries based on common, secure, transparent, democratic standards have the potential to increase cultural, political, and economic exchanges leading to mutual job creation, closer citizen relations, and stronger democratic institutions; (2) the United States has national security and economic interests in assisting Central and Eastern European countries to improve the security of their telecommunications networks by reducing dependence on covered telecommunications equipment or services that are often offered with predatory economic inducements, and replacing them with secure telecommunications equipment or services; (3) China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the 17+1 Initiative seek to undermine Central and Eastern Europe’s infrastructure resilience and sovereignty through predatory inducements from state-linked providers of telecommunications equipment or services such as Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE Corporation; (4) the United States must assemble a coalition of democratic and like-minded allies and partners to counter the rise of global malign actors such as China and Russia, and build resilience in Central and Eastern Europe against malign influences