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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1513 

To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a task force 

to be known as the ‘‘6G Task Force’’, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 9, 2023 

Ms. MATSUI (for herself and Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a task force to be known as the ‘‘6G Task Force’’, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Future Uses of Tech5 nology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced Networks Act’’ 

6 or the ‘‘FUTURE Networks Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. 6G TASK FORCE. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission 


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1 shall establish a task force to be known as the ‘‘6G Task 

2 Force’’. 

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The members of the Task 

5 Force shall be appointed by the Chair. 

6 (2) COMPOSITION.—To the extent practicable, 

7 the membership of the Task Force shall be com8 posed of the following: 

9 (A) Representatives of companies in the 

10 communications industry, except companies 

11 that are determined by the Chair to be not 

12 trusted. 

13 (B) Representatives of public interest orga14 nizations or academic institutions, except public 

15 interest organizations or academic institutions 

16 that are determined by the Chair to be not 

17 trusted. 

18 (C) Representatives of the Federal Govern19 ment, State governments, local governments, or 

20 Tribal Governments, with at least one member 

21 representing each such type of government. 

22 (c) REPORT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

24 the date on which the Task Force is established 

25 under subsection (a), the Task Force shall publish 


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1 in the Federal Register and on the website of the 

2 Commission, and submit to the Committee on En3 ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

4 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

5 Transportation of the Senate, a report on sixth-gen6 eration wireless technology, including— 

7 (A) the status of industry-led standards8 setting bodies in setting standards for such 

9 technology; 

10 (B) possible uses of such technology identi11 fied by industry-led standards-setting bodies 

12 that are setting standards for such technology; 

13 (C) any limitations of such technology (in14 cluding any supply chain or cybersecurity limi15 tations) identified by industry-led standards-set16 ting bodies that are setting standards for such 

17 technology; and 

18 (D) how to best work with entities across 

19 the Federal Government, State governments, 

20 local governments, and Tribal Governments to 

21 leverage such technology, including with regard 

22 to siting, deployment, and adoption. 

23 (2) DRAFT REPORT; PUBLIC COMMENT.—The 

24 Task Force shall— 


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1 (A) not later than 180 days after the date 

2 on which the Task Force is established under 

3 subsection (a), publish in the Federal Register 

4 and on the website of the Commission a draft 

5 of the report required by paragraph (1); and 

6 (B) accept public comments on such draft 

7 and take such comments into consideration in 

8 preparing the final version of such report. 

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) CHAIR.—The term ‘‘Chair’’ means the 

11 Chair of the Commission. 

12 (2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

13 means the Federal Communications Commission. 

14 (3) NOT TRUSTED.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘not trusted’’ 

16 means, with respect to an entity, that— 

17 (i) the Chair has made a public deter18 mination that such entity is owned by, con19 trolled by, or subject to the influence of a 

20 foreign adversary; or 

21 (ii) the Chair otherwise determines 

22 that such entity poses a threat to the na23 tional security of the United States. 

24 (B) CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION.—In 

25 making a determination under subparagraph 


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1 (A)(ii), the Chair shall use the criteria de2 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 

3 2(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communica4 tions Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 

5 1601(c)), as appropriate. 

6 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean7 ing given such term in section 3 of the Communica8 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 

9 (5) TASK FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 

10 means the 6G Task Force established under sub11 section (a). 

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