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Union Calendar No. 52 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 866 
[Report No. 119–75] 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary 
of Commerce for Communications and Information, to conduct a study 
of the national security risks posed by consumer routers, modems, and 
devices that combine a modem and router, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2025 
Mr. LATTA (for himself and Ms. KELLY of Illinois) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
APRIL 24, 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 January 31, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
and Information, to conduct a study of the national 
security risks posed by consumer routers, modems, and 
devices that combine a modem and router, 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 ‘‘Removing Our Unsecure 
Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act’’ or the 
‘‘ROUTERS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STUDY OF RISKS POSED BY CERTAIN ROUTERS AND 
MODEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
study of the national security risks and cybersecurity 
vulnerabilities posed by consumer routers, modems, and de-
vices that combine a modem and router that are designed, 
developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, 
controlled by, or subject to the influence of a covered coun-
try. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on the results of the study conducted under subsection (a). 
(c) CONSULTATION WITHIN DEPARTMENT.—In con-
ducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
consult with appropriate bureaus and offices within the De-
partment of Commerce. 
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘covered 
country’’ means a country specified in section 
4872(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assist-
ant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information. 
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