119-hr2449

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2449 Referred in Senate

    (RFS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2449

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 29, 2025

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
 Science, and Transportation

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 AN ACT

 To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a task 
 force to be known as the ``6G Task Force'', 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 ``Future Uses of Technology Upholding 
Reliable and Enhanced Networks Act'' or the ``FUTURE Networks Act''.

SEC. 2. 6G TASK FORCE.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall establish a task force to 
be known as the ``6G Task Force''.

    (b) Membership.--

    (1) Appointment.--The members of the Task Force shall be 
 appointed by the Chair.

    (2) Composition.--To the extent practicable, the membership 
 of the Task Force shall be composed of the following:
        (A) Representatives of companies in the 
 communications industry, except companies that are 
 determined by the Chair to be not trusted.
        (B) Representatives of public interest 
 organizations or academic institutions, except public 
 interest organizations or academic institutions that 
 are determined by the Chair to be not trusted.
            (C) Representatives of the Federal Government, 
 State governments, local governments, or Tribal 
 Governments, with at least one member representing each 
 such type of government.
            (c) Report.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date on 
 which the Task Force is established under subsection

    (a) , the 
 Task Force shall publish in the Federal Register and on the 
 website of the Commission, and submit to the Committee on 
 Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
 Senate, a report on sixth-generation wireless technology, 
 including--
        (A) the status of industry-led standards-setting 
 bodies in setting standards for such technology;
        (B) possible uses of such technology identified by 
 industry-led standards-setting bodies that are setting 
 standards for such technology;
            (C) any limitations of such technology (including 
 any supply chain or cybersecurity limitations) 
 identified by industry-led standards-setting bodies 
 that are setting standards for such technology; and
            (D) how to best work with entities across the 
 Federal Government, State governments, local 
 governments, and Tribal Governments to leverage such 
 technology, including with regard to siting, 
 deployment, and adoption.

    (2) Draft report; public comment.--The Task Force shall--
        (A) not later than 180 days after the date on which 
 the Task Force is established under subsection

    (a) , 
 publish in the Federal Register and on the website of 
 the Commission a draft of the report required by 
 paragraph

    (1) ; and
        (B) accept public comments on such draft and take 
 such comments into consideration in preparing the final 
 version of such report.
            (d) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Chair.--The term ``Chair'' means the Chair of the 
 Commission.

    (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
 Communications Commission.

    (3) Not trusted.--
        (A) In general.--The term ``not trusted'' means, 
 with respect to an entity, that--
            (i) the Chair has made a public 
 determination that such entity is owned by, 
 controlled by, or subject to the influence of a 
 foreign adversary; or
            (ii) the Chair otherwise determines that 
 such entity poses a threat to the national 
 security of the United States.
        (B) Criteria for determination.--In making a 
 determination under subparagraph
        (A)
            (ii) , the Chair 
 shall use the criteria described in paragraphs

    (1) through

    (4) of 

section 2
            (c) of the Secure and Trusted 
 Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 
 1601
            (c) ), as appropriate.

    (4) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given such 
 term in 

section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
 153).

    (5) Task force.--The term ``Task Force'' means the 6G Task 
 Force established under subsection

    (a) .

 Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.