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Union Calendar No. 149 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2037 
[Report No. 119–184] 
To provide outreach and technical assistance to small providers regarding 
Open RAN networks, and for other purposes. 
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] 
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A BILL 
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viders regarding Open RAN networks, and for other 
purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 
NET-
WORKS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall con-
duct outreach and provide technical assistance to small 
communications network providers— 
(1) to raise awareness regarding the uses, bene-
fits, and challenges of Open RAN networks and other 
open network architectures; and 
(2) regarding participation in the Wireless Sup-
ply 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 ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of Com-
merce for Communications and Information, acting 
through the head of the Office of Internet Connectivity 
and Growth. 
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(2) OPEN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE.—The term 
‘‘open network architecture’’ means Open RAN net-
works 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 pub-
lished open standards for multi-vendor network equip-
ment interoperability. 
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Union Calendar No. 149 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2037 
[Report No. 119–184] 
A BILL 
To provide outreach and technical assistance to 
small providers regarding Open RAN networks, 
and for other purposes. 
JULY 2, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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