119th Congress Science, Technology, Communications
H.R. 2037: Open RAN Outreach Act
Passed House
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to small communications network providers regarding the benefits, uses, and challenges of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) standards and other open network architectures. (Open RAN is a nonproprietary, standardized network deployment approach that promotes open networks with interoperable equipment and virtualized network operations.)
The NTIA must also conduct outreach and provide assistance to small providers regarding participation in the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, a competitive grant program that funds efforts to accelerate the development, deployment, and adoption of Open RAN.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Richard Hudson R-NCOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Troy Carter SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, marked up, reported, passed House5 events+68
- 2Richard HudsonCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by Troy Carter.
Show the full action history (13 actions)
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3217-3218)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2037.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3217)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-184.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.