Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy and Commerce Committee Apr 8th, 2025

Bills on the Agenda

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Us Congress House Bill HB617

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
<p><strong>American Music Tourism Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill directs the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) of the Department of Commerce to promote tourism to music-related and sports attractions.</p><p>The bill requires NTTO to promote domestic and international travel and tourism to&nbsp;U.S. music festivals, concert venues, and other music-related attractions and locations. The bill also expands NTTO's current mandate to facilitate sports and recreation events and activities to include the&nbsp;promotion of international travel and tourism to such activities in the United States.</p><p>NTTO must report its activities and findings to Congress within one year after the bill's enactment and, thereafter, every two years.&nbsp;</p>
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Us Congress House Bill HB633

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB859

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
To require the disclosure of a camera or recording capability in certain internet-connected devices.
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Us Congress House Bill HB906

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to publish a list of entities that hold authorizations, licenses, or other grants of authority issued by the Commission and that have certain foreign ownership, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB866

Introduced
1/31/25  
Refer
1/31/25  
<p><strong>Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act or the ROUTERS Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to conduct a study on 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 developed, manufactured, or supplied&nbsp;by persons (i.e., individuals and entities)&nbsp;owned by, controlled by, or subject to the influence of China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
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Us Congress House Bill HB973

Introduced
2/4/25  
Refer
2/4/25  
To establish consumer standards for lithium-ion batteries.
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Us Congress House Bill HB1082

Introduced
2/6/25  
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a national, evidence-based education campaign to increase public and health care provider awareness regarding the potential risks and benefits of human cell and tissue products transplants, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB1402

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
To require sellers of event tickets to disclose comprehensive information to consumers about ticket prices and related fees, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB1442

Introduced
2/18/25  
Refer
2/18/25  
To ban the sale of products with a high concentration of sodium nitr ite to individuals, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB1479

Introduced
2/21/25  
Refer
2/21/25  
To prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB1520

Introduced
2/24/25  
To prohibit discrimination on the basis of mental or physical disability in cases of organ transplants.
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Us Congress House Bill HB1717

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
<p><strong>Communications Security Act</strong></p><p>This bill provides statutory authority for a council established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide advice regarding the security, reliability, and interoperability of communications networks. (This advice is currently provided by the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council.)</p><p>The bill specifies that the FCC may designate an existing advisory committee to fulfill this role, provided the committee’s membership is modified, as necessary, to comply with membership requirements set forth in the bill.&nbsp;</p><p>Specifically, the bill requires the council to include, to the extent practicable, representatives of companies in the communications industry; public interest organizations or academic institutions; and federal, state, tribal, and local governments (with at least one member representing each level of government). Members are to be selected by the FCC's chair&nbsp;and generally may not include representatives of entities owned or controlled by, or subject to the influence of, a foreign adversary, or otherwise deemed to pose a threat to U.S. national security.&nbsp;</p><p>Under current law, federal advisory committees&nbsp;must generally terminate after two years unless they are renewed or a statute specifies a different termination date. However, the bill exempts the council from this requirement.</p>
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Us Congress House Bill HB1664

Introduced
2/27/25  
Refer
2/27/25  
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to take actions necessary and appropriate to promote the competitiveness of the United States related to the deployment, use, application, and competitiveness of blockchain technology or other distributed ledger technology, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB1669

Introduced
2/27/25  
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program.
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Us Congress House Bill HB2037

Introduced
3/11/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
<p><strong>Open RAN Outreach Act</strong></p><p>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.)</p><p>The NTIA must also conduct outreach and provide assistance to small providers regarding participation in the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund,&nbsp;a competitive grant program that funds efforts to accelerate the development, deployment, and adoption of Open RAN.</p>
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Us Congress House Bill HB2269

Introduced
3/21/25  
Refer
3/21/25  
To require certain products to be labeled with "Do Not Flush" labeling, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB2319

Introduced
3/25/25  
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a review to evaluate the status of research on lung cancer in women and underserved populations, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB2458

Introduced
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from granting a license or United States market access for a geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an authorization to use an individually licensed earth station or a blanket-licensed earth station, if the license, grant of market access, or authorization would be held or controlled by an entity that produces or provides any covered communications equipment or service or an affiliate of such an entity, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB2449

Introduced
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
<p><strong>Future Uses of Technology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced Networks Act or the FUTURE Networks Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a 6G Task Force to report on industry-led efforts to set standards for sixth-generation wireless technology and the possible uses and limitations of such technology, among other topics. The task force must publish and solicit public comment on a draft of the report, and must take such comments into consideration in preparing the final report. &nbsp;</p><p>Members of the task force must include, to the extent practicable, representatives of companies in the communications industry; public interest organizations or academic institutions; and federal, state, tribal, and local governments (with at least one member representing each level of government). Members are to be selected by the chair of the FCC, and generally may not include representatives of entities owned or controlled by, or subject to the influence of, a foreign adversary, or otherwise deemed to pose a threat to U.S. national security.</p>
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Us Congress House Bill HB2444

Introduced
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
To establish a critical supply chain resiliency and crisis response program in the Department of Commerce, and to secure American leadership in deploying emerging technologies, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB2399

Introduced
3/27/25  
Refer
3/27/25  
<p><strong>Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a process to vet applicants for certain funding programs that support affordable broadband deployment in high-cost areas, including rural communities.</p><p>Specifically, the FCC must conduct a rulemaking to develop a vetting process for applicants seeking funding under high-cost universal service programs for the deployment of a broadband-capable network and the provision of supported services over the network. The FCC must require applications for such funding to document each applicant’s technical, financial, and operational capabilities related to the proposed deployment, as well as a reasonable business plan.&nbsp;</p><p>The FCC must evaluate applications against reasonable and well-established standards and must consider each applicant’s history of compliance with the requirements of other government broadband funding programs. After the rulemaking is finalized, funds may only be awarded to applicants that satisfy the standards established therein.&nbsp;</p><p>Finally, the FCC must set financial penalties for applicants that default in some manner during the evaluation process before they are authorized to begin receiving support. &nbsp;</p>
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Us Congress House Bill HB2483

Introduced
3/31/25  
To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB2484

Introduced
3/31/25  
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish an exception to the physician self-referral prohibition for certain outpatient prescription drugs furnished by a physician practice under the Medicare program.
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Us Congress House Bill HB2482

Introduced
3/31/25  
Refer
3/31/25  
To reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB2481

Introduced
3/31/25  
Refer
3/31/25  
To require online dating service providers to provide fraud ban notifications to online dating service members, and for other purposes.
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Us Congress House Bill HB2480

Introduced
3/31/25  
Refer
3/31/25  
To require SelectUSA to coordinate with State-level economic development organizations to increase foreign direct investment in semiconductor-related manufacturing and production.