FUTURE Networks Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section would let the Act be called the Future Uses of Technology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced Networks Act, or the FUTURE Networks Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Future Uses of Technology Upholding Reliable and Enhanced Networks Act or the FUTURE Networks Act .
2: 6G Task Force
This section would require the Federal Communications Commission to set up a task force called the 6G Task Force within 120 days after the Act becomes law. The Chair of the Commission would appoint the task force's members. As far as practical, the membership would have to include representatives of communications industry companies, except any company the Chair determines is not trusted; representatives of public interest organizations or academic institutions, except any such organization or institution the Chair determines is not trusted; and representatives of the federal government, state governments, local governments, or tribal governments, with at least one member representing each of those four types of government. Within 1 year after the task force is established, it would have to publish a report in the Federal Register and on the Commission's website, and send it to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, on sixth-generation (6G) wireless technology. The report would have to cover the status of industry-led standards-setting bodies in setting standards for 6G technology; possible uses of the technology identified by those bodies; any limitations of the technology, including supply chain or cybersecurity limitations, identified by those bodies; and how to best work with federal, state, local, and tribal government entities to use the technology, including on siting, deployment, and adoption. Before that final report, the task force would have to publish a draft of it in the Federal Register and on the Commission's website within 180 days after the task force is established, accept public comments on the draft, and take those comments into account when writing the final report. The section defines an entity as not trusted if the Chair has publicly determined that the entity is owned by, controlled by, or subject to the influence of a foreign adversary, or if the Chair otherwise determines the entity poses a threat to United States national security; when making that second kind of determination, the Chair would have to use the criteria in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 2(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, as appropriate. The section also defines Chair as the Chair of the Commission, Commission as the Federal Communications Commission, State as having the meaning given in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934, and Task Force as the 6G Task Force established under this section.
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2. 6G Task Force (a) Establishment Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall establish a task force to be known as the 6G Task Force . (b) Membership (1) Appointment The members of the Task Force shall be appointed by the Chair. (2) Composition To the extent practicable, the membership of the Task Force shall be composed of the following: (A) Representatives of companies in the communications industry, except companies that are determined by the Chair to be not trusted. (B) Representatives of public interest organizations or academic institutions, except public interest organizations or academic institutions that are determined by the Chair to be not trusted. (C) Representatives of the Federal Government, State governments, local governments, or Tribal Governments, with at least one member representing each such type of government. (c) Report (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Task Force is established under subsection (a), the Task Force shall publish in the Federal Register and on the website of the Commission, and 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 sixth-generation wireless technology, including— (A) the status of industry-led standards-setting bodies in setting standards for such technology; (B) possible uses of such technology identified by industry-led standards-setting bodies that are setting standards for such technology; (C) any limitations of such technology (including any supply chain or cybersecurity limitations) identified by industry-led standards-setting bodies that are setting standards for such technology; and (D) how to best work with entities across the Federal Government, State governments, local governments, and Tribal Governments to leverage such technology, including with regard to siting, deployment, and adoption. (2) Draft report; public comment The Task Force shall— (A) not later than 180 days after the date on which the Task Force is established under subsection (a), publish in the Federal Register and on the website of the Commission a draft of the report required by paragraph (1); and (B) accept public comments on such draft and take such comments into consideration in preparing the final version of such report. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Chair The term Chair means the Chair of the Commission. (2) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. (3) Not trusted (A) In general The term not trusted means, with respect to an entity, that— (i) the Chair has made a public determination that such entity is owned by, controlled by, or subject to the influence of a foreign adversary; or (ii) the Chair otherwise determines that such entity poses a threat to the national security of the United States. (B) Criteria for determination In making a determination under subparagraph (A)(ii), the Chair shall use the criteria described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 2(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 ( 47 U.S.C. 1601(c) ), as appropriate. (4) State The term State has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 153 ). (5) Task Force The term Task Force means the 6G Task Force established under subsection (a).