House Commerce Committee Advances Bills to Full House

The House Commerce Committee reported 20 pieces of legislation to the full House of Representatives including the following bills:  

1. H.R. 633, the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes On Websites and Networks (TAKE IT DOWN) Act, was reported to the full House by a roll call vote of 49 yeas – 1 nay. The TAKE IT DOWN Act, which passed the Senate unanimously, will criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery, including AI-generated images (commonly referred to as “deepfakes”), and require social media and other websites to remove such images within 48 hours of receiving notice from the victim.
2. H.R. 859, the Informing Consumers About Smart Devices Act, was reported to the full House by voice vote. The bill would require the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to create reasonable disclosure guidelines for products equipped with audio or visual recording components that are not obvious, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and dishwashers.
3. H.R. 2481, the Romance Scam Prevention Act, was reported to the full House by voice vote. The legislation would require dating apps and services to issue fraud ban notifications to users who have interacted with a person removed from the app for fraudulent activity.
4. H.R. 906, the Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency (FACT) Act, was reported to the full House by voice vote. This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to annually publish a list of entities that hold a license or other authorization granted by the FCC and have ties to specified foreign countries.
5. H.R. 2449, the Future Uses of Technology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced (FUTURE) Networks Act, was reported to the full House by voice vote. This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish the 6G Task Force to report on sixth-generation wireless technology, including the status of setting standards for and possible uses of such technology.
6. H.R. 2458, the Secure Space Act, was reported to the full House by a roll call vote of 52 yeas – 1 nay. This legislation would amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from granting a license or United States market access for a geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an authorization to use an individually licensed earth station or a blanket-licensed earth station, if the license, grant of market access, or authorization would be held or controlled by an entity that produces or provides any covered communications equipment or service or an affiliate of such an entity, and for other purposes.
7. H.R. 866, the Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security (ROUTERS) Act, was reported to the full House, as amended, by voice vote. The bill would require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to conduct a study on the national security risks posed by consumer routers and modems (including devices that combine a modem and router) and provide the results of the study to Congress.
8. H.R. 2482, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Reauthorization Act of 2025, was reported to the full House by voice vote. This legislation aims to improve the management of spectrum and update the mission and functions of the NTIA.
9. H.R. 2399, the Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025, was reported to the full House by a roll call vote of 51 yeas – 1 nay. This legislation would require the FCC  to establish a process to vet applicants for certain funding programs that support affordable broadband deployment in high-cost areas, including rural communities.
10. H.R. 2037, the OpenRAN Outreach Act, was reported to the full House by voice vote. The bill provides greater Federal support for small telecommunications companies in rural and disadvantaged communities and allows these companies to remove potentially insecure Chinese network hardware.
11. H.R. 1717, the Communications Security Act, was reported to the full house by a roll call vote of 50 yeas – 1 nay. This bill provides statutory authority for a council established by the Federal Communications Commission to provide advice regarding the security, reliability, and interoperability of communications networks. (This advice is currently provided by the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council.) The bill specifies that the FCC may designate an existing advisory committee to fulfill this role, provided the committee’s membership is modified, as necessary, to comply with membership requirements set forth in the bill. Specifically, the bill requires the council to include, to the extent practicable, representatives of companies in the communications industry; public interest organizations or academic institutions; and federal, state, tribal, and local governments (with at least one member representing each level of government). Members are to be selected by the FCC's chair and generally may not include representatives of entities owned or controlled by, or subject to the influence of, a foreign adversary, or otherwise deemed to pose a threat to U.S. national security.