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H.R. 866

U.S. House•Engrossed

Summary

H.R. 866, the ROUTERS Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 31, 2025 by Rep. Robert Latta (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It last saw action on Apr 29, 2025: Received in the Senate.

Record

Text

H.R. 866 has 1 co-sponsor.

hb866/engrossed-in-house.txt
119 HR 866 EH: Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 866
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 AN ACT
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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act   or the   ROUTERS Act  .
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 devices 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 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 subsection (a).
(c)
Consultation within Department
In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with appropriate bureaus and offices within the Department of Commerce.
(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 Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
     Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2025.  Kevin F. McCumber,  Clerk.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-31
  2. Passed House2025-04-28
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Jan 31, 2025

hb866/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (01/31/2025)

Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act or the ROUTERS Act

This bill requires 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. The study must address devices developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons (i.e., individuals and entities) owned by, controlled by, or subject to the influence of China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia.

Sponsors

Rep. Robert Latta (R) sponsors H.R. 866, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 866 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Reported By · Apr 24, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 866, the latest H. Rept. 119-75.

  • H. Rept. 119-75 — REMOVING OUR UNSECURE TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE RELIABILITY AND SECURITY ACT

Actions

H.R. 866 has taken 13 actions since Jan 31, 2025, the latest on Apr 29, 2025.

ChamberAction
Apr 29, 2025
Senate
Received in the Senate.
Apr 28, 202516:23
House
Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Apr 28, 202516:23
House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1661-1662)
Apr 28, 202516:23
House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 866.
Apr 28, 202516:30
House
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1661)

Votes

H.R. 866 has not gone to a roll call.

2 bills are related to H.R. 866.

Titles

H.R. 866 goes by 9 titles, 6 of them short titles.

  • 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. — Official Titles from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
  • ROUTERS Act — Short Title(s) as Passed House
  • Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act — Short Title(s) as Passed House
  • Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • ROUTERS Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • ROUTERS Act — Display Title
  • Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • ROUTERS Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 866, the latest on Jun 27, 2025.

Lobbying

10 clients hired 10 firms and 61 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 866 in 47 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Telecommunications, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Computer Industry, Defense, Education, Science/Technology, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC—Connecticut16—
CLOUDFACTORS LLC—Missouri16—
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia16—
MICROSOFT CORPORATION—District of Columbia16—
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION—District of Columbia16—
UNITED STATES TELECOM ASSN—District of Columbia16—
TP-LINK SYSTEMS INC. (FKA TP-LINK GLOBAL INC.)Manufacturer of Wi-Fi routers and related products.California13$1.2M
HCH ENTERPRISES, LLCBusiness consulting, project management and IT service providerRhode Island13$30K
FDD ACTION—District of Columbia13—
LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.Consumer electronics manufacturerNorth Carolina12—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.16—
CLOUDFACTORS LLC16—
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION16—
MICROSOFT CORPORATION16—
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION16—
UNITED STATES TELECOM ASSN16—
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD13$1.2M
CAPITOL CITY GROUP, LTD.13$30K
FDD ACTION13—
LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.12—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 61.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
AINSLIE LANE116
ALANNA CHAPELL116
ALLYSON KNOX116
ANAIS CARMONA116
ASHLEY HAYES116
BRANDON HEINER116
CATHERINE BOHIGIAN116
CLIFFORD RICCIO116
DANIEL LERNER116
DANYELLE SOLOMON116
EMERALD LITKE-SMITH116
FRANK CAVALIERE116
FRED HUMPHRIES116
JAMES FARRELL116
JAMES HOUTON116
JAMES KEEFNER116
JONATHAN SCHWANTES116
KELSEY ODOM116
LEE FRIEDMAN116
MARIBETH COLLINS116

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATIONNCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$3.7M4th Quarter - Report
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATIONNCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$3.5M3rd Quarter - Report
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATIONNCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$3.3M1st Quarter - Report
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATIONNCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$3.2M1st Quarter - Report
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATIONNCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$3.2M2nd Quarter - Report
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATIONNCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$3.1M2nd Quarter - Report
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONMICROSOFT CORPORATION2026 second_quarter$2.7M2nd Quarter - Report
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INCCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.2025 first_quarter$2.7M1st Quarter - Report
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INCCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.2025 third_quarter$2.6M3rd Quarter - Report
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INCCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.2025 second_quarter$2.6M2nd Quarter - Report
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INCCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.2025 fourth_quarter$2.6M4th Quarter - Report
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONMICROSOFT CORPORATION2025 second_quarter$2.6M2nd Quarter - Report
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INCCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.2026 first_quarter$2.5M1st Quarter - Report
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INCCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.2026 second_quarter$2.5M2nd Quarter - Report
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONMICROSOFT CORPORATION2025 fourth_quarter$2.4M4th Quarter - Report
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONMICROSOFT CORPORATION2026 first_quarter$2.4M1st Quarter - Report
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONMICROSOFT CORPORATION2025 first_quarter$2.4M1st Quarter - Report
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONMICROSOFT CORPORATION2025 third_quarter$2M3rd Quarter - Report
UNITED STATES TELECOM ASSNUNITED STATES TELECOM ASSN2025 fourth_quarter$720K4th Quarter - Report
UNITED STATES TELECOM ASSNUNITED STATES TELECOM ASSN2025 second_quarter$690K2nd Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 866 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 866’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

hr866/policy-areas.txt
Science, Technology, CommunicationsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 866 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Computers and information technology to Internet, web applications, social media.

hr866/subjects.txt
Computers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightInternet, web applications, social media

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 866, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LATTA:H.R. 866.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the Houseof Representatives, the following statement is submittedregarding the specific powers granted to Congress in theConstitution to enact the accompanying bill or jointresolution.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18:The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shallbe necessary and proper for carrying into Executive theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution[Page H434]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com