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Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025
Summary
This bill, titled the "Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025," directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to enhance United States representation and leadership in international standards-setting bodies that establish standards for 5G and future wireless networks. The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of State, must equitably encourage participation by US companies and stakeholders (excluding those determined to pose national security threats) and offer technical expertise to facilitate their participation in standards-setting bodies such as ISO, 3GPP, IEEE, and those accredited by American National Standards Institute or Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions. The Assistant Secretary must brief relevant House and Senate committees within 60 days of enactment with a strategy for carrying out these directives. Entities determined to be "not trusted" based on executive branch national security determinations or being producers of covered telecommunications equipment as defined in existing law are excluded from the participation encouragement.
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Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Thomas H. Kean’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $19,727
- VETERANS GUARDIAN $13,200
- ULINE $13,200
- BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS, $13,200
- TC SERVICES $13,200
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Actions (14)
- Jul 15, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
- Jul 14, 2025 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · house
- Jul 14, 2025 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3220) · house
- Jul 14, 2025 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Jul 14, 2025 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1765. · house
- Jul 14, 2025 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3220-3221) · house
- Jul 14, 2025 Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. · house
- Jul 10, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 160. · house
- Jul 10, 2025 Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged. · house
- Jul 10, 2025 Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-196, Part I. · house
- Mar 4, 2025 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. · house
- Mar 4, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- Mar 3, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Mar 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
AN ACT
To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States and promote United States leadership in communications standards-setting bodies, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION AND LEADERSHIP OF UNITED STATES IN COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS-SETTING BODIES.
(a) In General.—In order to enhance the representation of the United States and promote United States leadership in standards-setting bodies that set standards for 5G networks and for future generations of wireless communications networks, the Assistant Secretary shall, in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of State—
(1) equitably encourage participation by companies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but not including any company or relevant stakeholder that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be not trusted, (to the extent such standards-setting bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) in such standards-setting bodies; and
(2) equitably offer technical expertise to companies and a wide variety of relevant stakeholders, but not including any company or relevant stakeholder that the Assistant Secretary has determined to be not trusted, (to the extent such standards-setting bodies allow such stakeholders to participate) to facilitate such participation.
(b) Standards-Setting Bodies.—The standards-setting bodies referred to in subsection (a) include—
(1) the International Organization for Standardization;
(2) the voluntary standards-setting bodies that develop protocols for wireless devices and other equipment, such as the 3GPP and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; and
(3) any standards-setting body accredited by the American National Standards Institute or Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions.
(c) Briefing.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall brief the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Foreign Relations of the Senate on a strategy to carry out subsection (a).
(d) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) 3GPP.—The term “3GPP” means the 3rd Generation Partnership Project.
(2) 5G network.—The term “5G network” means a fifth- generation mobile network as described by 3GPP Release 15 or higher.
(3) Assistant secretary.—The term “Assistant Secretary” means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
(4) Cloud computing.—The term “cloud computing” has the meaning given the term in Special Publication 800-145 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, entitled “The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing”, published in September 2011, or any successor publication.
(5) Communications network.—The term “communications network” means any of the following:
(A) A system enabling the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user’s choosing.
(B) Cloud computing resources.
(C) A network or system used to access cloud computing resources.
(6) Not trusted.—The term “not trusted” means, with respect to a company or stakeholder, that the company or stakeholder is determined by the Assistant Secretary to pose a threat to the national security of the United States. In making such a determination, the Assistant Secretary shall rely solely on one or more of the following determinations:
(A) A specific determination made by any executive branch interagency body with appropriate national security expertise, including the Federal Acquisition Security Council established under section 1322(a) of title 41, United States Code.
(B) A specific determination made by the Department of Commerce pursuant to Executive Order No. 13873 (84 Fed. Reg. 22689; relating to securing the information and communications technology and services supply chain).
(C) Whether a company or stakeholder produces or provides covered telecommunications equipment or services, as defined in section 889(f)(3) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 1918).
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2025.
Attest:
Clerk. 119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1765
AN ACT
To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States and promote United States leadership in communications standards-setting bodies, and for other purposes.
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