HR 2037
Passed a chamber
Requires the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to offer outreach and technical help to small communications network providers on Open RAN networks and their participation in a federal wireless supply chain grant program.
Official title: Open RAN Outreach Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
11-MAR-2025
Referred
11-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
08-APR-2025
Reported
02-JUL-2025
On the calendar
02-JUL-2025
Passed
14-JUL-2025
Senate
Received
15-JUL-2025
- Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, acting through the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, to conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to small communications network providers.
- Covers awareness of the uses, benefits, and challenges of Open RAN networks and other open network architectures.
- Covers participation in the Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program established under the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.
- Defines Open RAN networks as wireless networks that follow the Open Radio Access Network architecture and published open standards for multi-vendor equipment interoperability.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (11-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 14-JUL-2025).
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