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[H.R. 4032 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 110
117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4032

                          [Report No. 117-150]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2021

 Mr. Allred (for himself, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Guthrie) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

                            October 19, 2021

 Additional sponsors: Mr. McNerney, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Soto, and Mr. Taylor

                            October 19, 2021

Reported with amendments, 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 June 
                               22, 2021]


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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide outreach and technical assistance to small providers 
  regarding the benefits of 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 
        approach to standardization adopted by the O-RAN Alliance, 
        Telecom Infra Project, or Third Generation Partnership Project 
        (3GPP), or any similar set of published open standards for 
        multi-vendor network equipment interoperability.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to provide outreach 
        and technical assistance to small providers regarding Open RAN 
        networks, and for other purposes.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 110

117th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 4032

                          [Report No. 117-150]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 19, 2021

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