HR 1765
Passed a chamber
Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to encourage and offer technical expertise to U.S. companies and stakeholders so they can take part in international bodies that set 5G and future wireless standards, excluding those determined to be not trusted.
Official title: Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-MAR-2025
Referred
03-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
04-MAR-2025
Reported
10-JUL-2025
On the calendar
10-JUL-2025
Passed
14-JUL-2025
Senate
Received
15-JUL-2025
- Requires the Assistant Secretary, working with NIST and the State Department, to equitably encourage participation and offer technical expertise to companies and stakeholders in wireless standards bodies.
- Names bodies including the International Organization for Standardization, 3GPP, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, plus any body accredited by ANSI or ATIS.
- Requires a briefing to House and Senate committees on a strategy within 60 days of enactment.
- Excludes companies or stakeholders the Assistant Secretary determines pose a threat to national security, based only on specified determinations such as covered telecommunications equipment rules.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 14-JUL-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Foreign Affairs Committee (House)
- Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)
Science, Technology, Communications
■ 2 D■ 1 R
2 Democrats
1 Republican