Open RAN Outreach Act
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 11, 2025
- Passed HouseJul 14, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Open RAN Outreach Act
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to small communications network providers regarding the benefits, uses, and challenges of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) standards and other open network architectures. (Open RAN is a nonproprietary, standardized network deployment approach that promotes open networks with interoperable equipment and virtualized network operations.)
The NTIA must also conduct outreach and provide assistance to small providers regarding participation in the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, a competitive grant program that funds efforts to accelerate the development, deployment, and adoption of Open RAN.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 11, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Original | Mar 11, 2025 |
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 11, 2025Markup Apr 8, 2025Reported Jul 2, 2025 |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jul 15, 2025 |
Actions 12
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, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3217-3218)
- Jul 14, 2025Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 14, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2037.
- 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 H3217)
- Jul 14, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 2, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-184.
- Jul 2, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149.
- Apr 8, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 8, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 11, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 11, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 H3217, H3218Text printed H3217 | Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Robert E. Latta R-OH, Troy A. Carter D-LA | 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 27, 2025H.R. 2037, Open RAN Outreach ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 8, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 45, March 11, 2025, page H1151.
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide outreach and technical assistance to small providers regarding Open RAN networks, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Open RAN Outreach Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Open RAN Outreach Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Open RAN Outreach Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Open RAN Outreach Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To provide outreach and technical assistance to small providers regarding Open RAN networks, 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 2, 2025Reported in House
- Mar 11, 2025Introduced 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.
