ROUTERS Act
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1Short title
This section would give the Act the short title "Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act," also called the "ROUTERS Act."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act or the ROUTERS Act .
2Study of national security risks posed by certain routers and modems
This section would require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, to study the national security risks posed by consumer routers, modems, and combined modem-router devices that are designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the influence of a covered country. Within 1 year after the Act becomes law, the Secretary would have to submit a report on the results of that study to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. For purposes of this section, a covered country would mean a country listed in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10 of the United States Code, and the Secretary would mean the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
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2. Study of national security risks posed by certain routers and modems (a) In general The Secretary shall conduct a study of the national security risks 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) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered country The term covered country means a country specified in section 4872(d)(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.
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