IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4045 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 2, 2021 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to estab-
lish a task force to be known as the ‘‘6G Task Force’’, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Future Uses of Tech-
nology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced Networks Act’’ 
or the ‘‘FUTURE Networks Act’’. 
SEC. 2. 6G TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission 
shall establish a task force to be known as the ‘‘6G Task 
Force’’. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The members of the Task 
Force shall be appointed by the Chair. 
(2) COMPOSITION.—To the extent practicable, 
the membership of the Task Force shall be com-
posed of the following: 
(A) Representatives of companies in the 
communications industry, except companies 
that are determined by the Chair to be not 
trusted. 
(B) Representatives of public interest orga-
nizations or academic institutions, except public 
interest organizations or academic institutions 
that are determined by the Chair to be not 
trusted. 
(C) Representatives of the Federal Govern-
ment, State governments, local governments, or 
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Tribal Governments, with at least one member 
representing each such type of government. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date on which the Task Force is established 
under subsection (a), the Task Force shall publish 
in the Federal Register and on the website of the 
Commission, and submit to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate, a report on sixth-gen-
eration wireless technology, including— 
(A) the status of industry-led standards- 
setting bodies in setting standards for such 
technology; 
(B) possible uses of such technology identi-
fied by industry-led standards-setting bodies 
that are setting standards for such technology; 
(C) any limitations of such technology (in-
cluding any supply chain or cybersecurity limi-
tations) identified by industry-led standards-set-
ting bodies that are setting standards for such 
technology; and 
(D) how to best work with entities across 
the Federal Government, State governments, 
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local governments, and Tribal Governments to 
leverage such technology, including with regard 
to siting, deployment, and adoption. 
(2) DRAFT REPORT; PUBLIC COMMENT.—The 
Task Force shall— 
(A) not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the Task Force is established under 
subsection (a), publish in the Federal Register 
and on the website of the Commission a draft 
of the report required by paragraph (1); and 
(B) accept public comments on such draft 
and take such comments into consideration in 
preparing the final version of such report. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHAIR.—The term ‘‘Chair’’ means the 
Chair of the Commission. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(3) NOT TRUSTED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘not trusted’’ 
means, with respect to an entity, that— 
(i) the Chair has made a public deter-
mination that such entity is owned by, con-
trolled by, or subject to the influence of a 
foreign adversary; or 
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(ii) the Chair otherwise determines 
that such entity poses a threat to the na-
tional security of the United States. 
(B) CRITERIA
FOR
DETERMINATION.—In 
making a determination under subparagraph 
(A)(ii), the Chair shall use the criteria de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 
2(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communica-
tions Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 
1601(c)), as appropriate. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 3 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 
(5) TASK
FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 
means the 6G Task Force established under sub-
section (a). 
Passed the House of Representatives December 1, 
2021. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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