WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Communications Commission will vote this month to tighten restrictions on equipment made by Chinese companies deemed national security risks, the latest in a series of U.S. actions targeting Beijing.

The U.S. telecom regulator previously named companies including Huawei Technologies, ZTE (Shenzhen:000063), Hangzhou Hikvision, China Mobile and China Telecom to the so-called "Covered List," which bars the FCC from authorizing for import or sale new equipment from those companies. FCC Chair Brendan Carr said the agency will vote to prohibit authorization of devices containing component parts that are on the Covered List and authorize the FCC to prohibit sale of previously-authorized Covered List equipment in specific cases.