Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025
Latest action · Jul 15, 2025 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 3, 2025
- Passed HouseJul 14, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to encourage companies and other relevant stakeholders to participate in organizations that set standards for wireless communications networks and equipment. NTIA must also offer technical assistance to facilitate such participation.
NTIA may not encourage or facilitate participation by companies and stakeholders determined to pose a threat to U.S. national security.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 3, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Mar 3, 2025 |
Committees 3
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 3, 2025Markup Mar 4, 2025Reported Jul 10, 2025 |
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2025Discharged Jul 10, 2025Exchange of letters |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jul 15, 2025 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 15, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Jul 14, 2025Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 14, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3220-3221)
- Jul 14, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1765.
- Jul 14, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3220)
- Jul 14, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 10, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-196, Part I.
- Jul 10, 2025Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
- Jul 10, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 160.
- Mar 4, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Mar 4, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Mar 3, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 3, 2025Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E690 | Brett Guthrie R-KY | Jul 17, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3220, H3221Text printed H3220 | Debbie Dingell D-MI, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Robert E. Latta R-OH, Thomas H. Kean, Jr. R-NJ | Jul 14, 2025 |
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 20, 2025H.R. 1765, Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 4, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 40, March 3, 2025, page H945.
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States and promote United States leadership in communications standards-setting bodies, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to take certain actions to enhance the representation of the United States and promote United States leadership in communications standards-setting bodies, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 15, 2025Referred in Senate
- Jul 14, 2025Engrossed in House
- Jul 10, 2025Reported in House
- Mar 3, 2025Introduced in House
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