House Passes Routers Act, Other Telecom Security Bills
The House approved the Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act (HR-7589) and three other telecom security-focused measures Monday night on voice votes. The other bills were the: Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act (HR-820), Countering CCP Drones…
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Act (HR-2864) and Securing Global Telecommunications Act (HR-4741). The House this week was also slated to vote under suspension of the rules on the Future Uses of Technology Upholding Reliable and Enhancing Networks Act (HR-1513) (see 2409060053), but lawmakers didn’t offer the measure for debate Monday night. House Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., hailed House passage of HR-820, HR-2864 and HR-7589, which the panel cleared in March (see 2403200076). “China is America’s greatest adversary and poses significant risk to our national and economic security,” she said in a statement. HR-820, HR-2864 and HR-7589 will “advance American competitiveness and global technological leadership, ensuring that America -- not China -- is setting the rules of the road for the technologies of tomorrow.”