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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1513 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Future Uses of Tech3 nology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced Networks Act’’ 

4 or the ‘‘FUTURE Networks Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. 6G TASK FORCE. 

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

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

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

9 Force’’. 

10 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

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

12 Force shall be appointed by the Chair. 

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

14 the membership of the Task Force shall be com15 posed of the following: 

16 (A) Representatives of companies in the 

17 communications industry, except companies 

18 that are determined by the Chair to be not 

19 trusted. 

20 (B) Representatives of public interest orga21 nizations or academic institutions, except public 

22 interest organizations or academic institutions 

23 that are determined by the Chair to be not 

24 trusted. 

25 (C) Representatives of the Federal Govern26 ment, State governments, local governments, or 


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1 Tribal Governments, with at least one member 

2 representing each such type of government. 

3 (c) REPORT.— 

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

5 the date on which the Task Force is established 

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

7 in the Federal Register and on the website of the 

8 Commission, and submit to the Committee on En9 ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

10 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

11 Transportation of the Senate, a report on sixth-gen12 eration wireless technology, including— 

13 (A) the status of industry-led standards14 setting bodies in setting standards for such 

15 technology; 

16 (B) possible uses of such technology identi17 fied by industry-led standards-setting bodies 

18 that are setting standards for such technology; 

19 (C) any limitations of such technology (in20 cluding any supply chain or cybersecurity limi21 tations) identified by industry-led standards-set22 ting bodies that are setting standards for such 

23 technology; and 

24 (D) how to best work with entities across 

25 the Federal Government, State governments, 


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1 local governments, and Tribal Governments to 

2 leverage such technology, including with regard 

3 to siting, deployment, and adoption. 

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

5 Task Force shall— 

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

7 on which the Task Force is established under 

8 subsection (a), publish in the Federal Register 

9 and on the website of the Commission a draft 

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

11 (B) accept public comments on such draft 

12 and take such comments into consideration in 

13 preparing the final version of such report. 

14 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

16 Chair of the Commission. 

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

18 means the Federal Communications Commission. 

19 (3) NOT TRUSTED.— 

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

21 means, with respect to an entity, that— 

22 (i) the Chair has made a public deter23 mination that such entity is owned by, con24 trolled by, or subject to the influence of a 

25 foreign adversary; or 


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1 (ii) the Chair otherwise determines 

2 that such entity poses a threat to the na3 tional security of the United States. 

4 (B) CRITERIA FOR DETERMINATION.—In 

5 making a determination under subparagraph 

6 (A)(ii), the Chair shall use the criteria de7 scribed in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 

8 2(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communica9 tions Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 

10 1601(c)), as appropriate. 

11 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean12 ing given such term in section 3 of the Communica13 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 

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

15 means the 6G Task Force established under sub16 section (a). 

Passed the House of Representatives September 18, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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