Next Generation Telecommunications Act
Latest action · Dec 7, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 20, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Next Generation Telecommunications Act
This bill temporarily establishes the Next Generation Telecommunications Council to advise Congress on sixth generation (6G) and other advanced wireless communications technologies.
Appointed members of the council may not have financial or personal interests in matters related to the council's duties.
These duties include reviewing past actions related to advancing wireless communications deployment. Additionally, the council must develop a strategy with recommendations on how the federal government can support, for example, the adoption of 6G and other advanced wireless communications technologies and the promotion of international cooperation with respect to those technologies. In developing the strategy, the council must consider issues including access to electromagnetic spectrum resources, workforce needs to support 6G deployment, and network security and resiliency.
The council terminates 120 days after submitting a final report that contains the strategy. Within 60 days of receiving that report, the Department of Commerce must submit to Congress an assessment with comments on the report's findings and recommendations.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 20, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Oct 20, 2021 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Oct 20, 2021 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Oct 20, 2021 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Oct 20, 2021 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2022Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 7, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595.
- Mar 22, 2022Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Oct 20, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Oct 20, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Labor market
- Product development and innovation
- Radio spectrum allocation
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific communication
- Technology assessment
- Telephone and wireless communication
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 7, 2022Reported to Senate
- Oct 20, 2021Introduced in Senate
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