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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 244 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary |
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| 6 | 6 | | of Commerce for Communications and Information, to conduct a study |
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| 7 | 7 | | of the national security risks posed by consumer routers, modems, and |
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| 8 | 8 | | devices that combine a modem and router, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY24, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mrs. B |
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| 12 | 12 | | LACKBURN(for herself and Mr. LUJA´N) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Science, and Transportation |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the |
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| 17 | 17 | | Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications |
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| 18 | 18 | | and Information, to conduct a study of the national |
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| 19 | 19 | | security risks posed by consumer routers, modems, and |
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| 20 | 20 | | devices that combine a modem and router, and for other |
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| 21 | 21 | | purposes. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Removing Our Unse-4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | cure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act’’ 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | or the ‘‘ROUTERS Act’’. 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •S 244 IS |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. STUDY OF NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS POSED BY 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | CERTAIN ROUTERS AND MODEMS. 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) I |
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| 34 | 34 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | study of the national security risks posed by consumer 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | routers, modems, and devices that combine a modem and 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | router that are designed, developed, manufactured, or sup-6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | plied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | influence of a covered country. 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) R |
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| 41 | 41 | | EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | report on the results of the study conducted under sub-14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | section (a). 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (c) D |
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| 49 | 49 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) C |
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| 51 | 51 | | OVERED COUNTRY .—The term ‘‘covered 17 |
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| 52 | 52 | | country’’ means a country specified in section 18 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 19 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (2) S |
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| 55 | 55 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 20 |
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| 56 | 56 | | the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the 21 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communica-22 |
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| 58 | 58 | | tions and Information. 23 |
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