Securing Global Telecommunications Act
Latest action · Sep 10, 2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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.
- IntroducedJul 19, 2023
- Passed HouseSep 9, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Securing Global Telecommunications Act
This bill requires the Department of State develop and submit to Congress a strategy to promote the use of secure telecommunication infrastructure in countries other than the United States.
The State Department must also report to Congress on (1) efforts by China and Russia to advance authoritarian interests or oppose fair, industry-led processes at the International Telecommunication Union, the U.N. agency involved with setting telecommunications standards and related regulatory activities; and (2) opportunities for greater collaboration with allies and partners to promote secure information and communications technology infrastructure in countries other than the United States.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 19, 2023 to Sep 11, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Young Kim | Original | Jul 19, 2023 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jul 26, 2023 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Sep 11, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 19, 2023Markup Jul 26, 2023 |
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Sep 10, 2024 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Sep 9, 2024Mrs. Radewagen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 9, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5086-5088)
- Sep 9, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4741.
- Sep 9, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5086-5087)
- Sep 9, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 26, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 26, 2023Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jul 19, 2023Introduced in House
- Jul 19, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5086–H5088Text printed H5086 | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen R-AS, Kathy E. Manning D-NC | Sep 9, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 16, 2023H.R. 4741, Securing Global Telecommunications ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on July 26, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 124, July 19, 2023, page H3858.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-41 | MARKUP OF VARIOUS MEASURES359 pages | Foreign Affairs Committee | Jul 26, 2023 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4506 | Securing Global Telecommunications Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Jul 17, 2025 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the development of a strategy to promote the use of secure telecommunications infrastructure worldwide, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Securing Global Telecommunications Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Securing Global Telecommunications Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Securing Global Telecommunications Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Asia
- China
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Europe
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Multilateral development programs
- Russia
- Spacecraft and satellites
- Technology assessment
- Telephone and wireless communication
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2024Referred in Senate
- Sep 9, 2024Engrossed in House
- Jul 19, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
