1. Short title This Act may be cited as the IoT Standards Leadership Act of 2019 . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) United States policy has allowed industry in the United States to innovate and lead the global technology sector; (2) as governments have sought to use country-specific standards to hinder the innovation and influence of United States technology, the United States should demonstrate leadership and be a vocal supporter of the open, voluntary, consensus-based international standards system; (3) the United States should support multi-stakeholder standards-development processes and robust involvement in international standards-setting bodies and organizations with respect to internet-connected devices (commonly known as the Internet of Things or IoT ); (4) the United States should support standards that enable interoperability among devices and systems and are country-agnostic and vendor-neutral; (5) the United States should maintain and foster United States leadership in international standards-setting bodies and organizations with respect to internet-connected devices; (6) the United States should work with governments and nongovernmental stakeholders to deter the establishment of government-driven, country-specific standards, which can be detrimental to interoperability and security; (7) the convergence of traditional information technology devices, networks, and systems with internet-connected devices, networks, and systems, including consumer and industrial internet-connected devices, networks, and systems, may create cybersecurity and interoperability challenges, including cyber exposure gap challenges, with respect to which United States leadership in international standards-setting bodies and organizations can lead to stronger protection of networks to support the security of internet-connected devices