[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 2037 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 149
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2037

                          [Report No. 119-184]

    To provide outreach and technical assistance to small providers 
          regarding Open RAN networks, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2025

  Mr. Carter of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Hudson) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

                              July 2, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               11, 2025]


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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide outreach and technical assistance to small providers 
          regarding Open RAN networks, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Open RAN Outreach Act''.

SEC. 2. OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL PROVIDERS REGARDING 
              OPEN RAN NETWORKS.

    (a) In General.--The Assistant Secretary shall conduct outreach and 
provide technical assistance to small communications network 
providers--
            (1) to raise awareness regarding the uses, benefits, and 
        challenges of Open RAN networks and other open network 
        architectures; and
            (2) regarding participation in the Wireless Supply Chain 
        Innovation Grant Program established under section 9202(a)(1) 
        of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
        means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
        and Information, acting through the head of the Office of 
        Internet Connectivity and Growth.
            (2) Open network architecture.--The term ``open network 
        architecture'' means Open RAN networks and other network 
        elements that follow a set of published open standards for 
        multi-vendor network equipment interoperability, including open 
        core and open transport.
            (3) Open ran network.--The term ``Open RAN network'' means 
        a wireless network that follows the Open Radio Access Network 
        architecture and published open standards for multi-vendor 
        network equipment interoperability.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 149

119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2037

                          [Report No. 119-184]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To provide outreach and technical assistance to small providers 
          regarding Open RAN networks, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              July 2, 2025

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed