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Union Calendar No. 420 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7589 
[Report No. 118–505] 
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 
MARCH 8, 2024 
Mr. LATTA (for himself and Mrs. PELTOLA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
MAY 14, 2024 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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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 Unse-
cure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act’’ 
or the ‘‘ROUTERS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STUDY OF NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS POSED BY 
CERTAIN ROUTERS AND MODEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
study of the national security risks posed by consumer 
routers, modems, and devices that combine a modem and 
router that are designed, developed, manufactured, or sup-
plied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the 
influence of a covered country. 
(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 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 
report on the results of the study conducted under sub-
section (a). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘covered 
country’’ means a country specified in section 
4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 
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(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the As-
sistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
and Information. 
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Union Calendar No. 420 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7589 
[Report No. 118–505] 
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 con-
sumer routers, modems, and devices that com-
bine a modem and router, and for other pur-
poses. 
MAY 14, 2024 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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