ROUTERS Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7589 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7589

   To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, to conduct a 
study of the national security risks posed by consumer routers, modems, 
  and devices that combine a modem and router, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2024

Mr. Latta (for himself and Mrs. Peltola) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, to conduct a 
study of the national security risks posed by consumer routers, modems, 
  and devices that combine a modem and router, 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 ``Removing Our Unsecure Technologies 
to Ensure Reliability and Security Act'' or the ``ROUTERS Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY OF NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS POSED BY CERTAIN ROUTERS AND 
              MODEMS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of the 
national security risks posed by consumer routers, modems, and devices 
that combine a modem and router that are designed, developed, 
manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or 
subject to the influence of a covered country.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 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 the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered country.--The term ``covered country'' means a 
        country specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United 
        States Code.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
        for Communications and Information.
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