HR 1455
Passed a chamber
Codifies the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, a federal test center for radio spectrum research, and directs the Commerce Department to start an initiative supporting technologies that help locate trapped people in mines and collapsed buildings.
Official title: ITS Codification Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
21-FEB-2025
Referred
21-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
04-MAR-2025
Reported
30-JUN-2025
On the calendar
30-JUN-2025
Passed
14-JUL-2025
Senate
Received
15-JUL-2025
- Codifies the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration as the executive branch's primary laboratory for studying radio emissions and spectrum sharing.
- Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative supporting emergency communication and tracking technologies for locating trapped individuals in underground mines, high-rise buildings, or collapsed structures.
- Requires the initiative to work with private sector entities and federal agencies to assess measurement and technical specification needs and to support conformance architecture for these technologies.
- Requires a public report to Congress within 18 months of enactment on the needs assessment.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (21-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 14-JUL-2025).
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