U.S. House to vote on bill to address potential Huawei, ZTE threats

FILE PHOTO: Huawei logo is pictured on its headquarters building in Reading, Britain July 14, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a bill to crack down on Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE Corp that have been deemed security threats by the U.S. government.

The House said on Tuesday it will take up a bipartisan bill called the Countering Untrusted Telecommunications Abroad Act that would require the State Department to report on U.S. NATO allies and others using telecommunication equipment or services in their 5G networks from companies like Huawei and ZTE.