ROUTERS Act
Latest action · Sep 10, 2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.
- IntroducedMar 8, 2024
- Passed HouseSep 9, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act or the ROUTERS Act
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to conduct a study of the national security risks posed by consumer routers and modems (including devices that combine a modem and router) and provide the results of the study to Congress. The study must address devices that have been developed or manufactured by persons (i.e., individuals and entities) owned by, controlled by, or subject to the influence of China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 8, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AK | Mary Sattler Peltola | Original | Mar 8, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 8, 2024Markup Mar 20, 2024Reported May 14, 2024 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Mar 11, 2024Markup Mar 12, 2024Reported Mar 12, 2024 | |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Sep 10, 2024 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Sep 9, 2024Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 9, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5061-5062)
- Sep 9, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7589.
- Sep 9, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5061)
- Sep 9, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 14, 2024Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-505.
- May 14, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 420.
- Mar 20, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 20, 2024Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
- Mar 12, 2024Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 12, 2024Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
- Mar 11, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- Mar 8, 2024Introduced in House
- Mar 8, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 H5061, H5062Text printed H5061 | Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Robert E. Latta R-OH | Sep 9, 2024 |
| House | Lists H1057H.R. 7589–7607 | — | Mar 8, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 25, 2024H.R. 7589, ROUTERS ActAs reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 14, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 42, March 8, 2024, page H1057.
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. 118-22 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 3520; H.R. 1182; H.R. 1774; H.R. 2683; H.R. 2768; H.R. 2818; H.R. 3581; H.R. 1278; H.R. 1639; AND H.R. 181599 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Jun 21, 2023 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 866 | ROUTERS Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Apr 29, 2025 |
| S 4572 | ROUTERS Act | Related bill | Jun 18, 2024 |
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- ROUTERS Act
- Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- ROUTERS Act
- Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act
- ROUTERS Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act
- ROUTERS Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2024Referred in Senate
- Sep 9, 2024Engrossed in House
- May 14, 2024Reported in House
- Mar 8, 2024Introduced 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.
