119 HR 2037 RH: Open RAN Outreach Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-07-02 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

IB Union Calendar No. 149 119th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 2037 [Report No. 119–184] 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 A BILL To provide outreach and technical assistance to small providers regarding Open RAN networks, and for other purposes.

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Short title

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

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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.

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