Next Generation Telecommunications Act

Bill: 117-s-3014
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-10-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Labor market
Product development and innovation
Radio spectrum allocation
Scientific communication
Technology assessment
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: 

Next Generation Telecommunications Act

 
This bill temporarily establishes the Next Generation Telecommunications Council to advise Congress on sixth generation (6G) and other advanced wireless communications technologies.
 
Appointed members of the council may not have financial or personal interests in matters related to the council's duties.
 
These duties include reviewing past actions related to advancing wireless communications deployment. Additionally, the council must develop a strategy with recommendations on how the federal government can support, for example, the adoption of 6G and other advanced wireless communications technologies and the promotion of international cooperation with respect to those technologies. In developing the strategy, the council must consider issues including access to electromagnetic spectrum resources, workforce needs to support 6G deployment, and network security and resiliency.
 
The council terminates 120 days after submitting a final report that contains the strategy. Within 60 days of receiving that report, the Department of Commerce must submit to Congress an assessment with comments on the report's findings and recommendations.

action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Next Generation Telecommunications Act

 
This bill temporarily establishes the Next Generation Telecommunications Council to advise Congress on sixth generation (6G) and other advanced wireless communications technologies.
 
Appointed members of the council may not have financial or personal interests in matters related to the council's duties.
 
These duties include reviewing past actions related to advancing wireless communications deployment. Additionally, the council must develop a strategy with recommendations on how the federal government can support, for example, the adoption of 6G and other advanced wireless communications technologies and the promotion of international cooperation with respect to those technologies. In developing the strategy, the council must consider issues including access to electromagnetic spectrum resources, workforce needs to support 6G deployment, and network security and resiliency.
 
The council terminates 120 days after submitting a final report that contains the strategy. Within 60 days of receiving that report, the Department of Commerce must submit to Congress an assessment with comments on the report's findings and recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 595.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-03-22
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Introduced in Senate