Communications Security Act
Where it stands
- Introduced2/27/25
- Passed HousePassed 7/15/25
- Senate
- President
- Law
Passed the House 380–33 on July 15, 2025 (Roll Call 196 →). Received in the Senate on July 16, 2025. No Senate action since.
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Roll calls on this bill
- Democratic205 Yea · 1 Nay · 6 Not voting
- Republican175 Yea · 32 Nay · 13 Not voting
- Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Communications Security Act
This bill provides statutory authority for a council established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 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.
Under current law, federal advisory committees must generally terminate after two years unless they are renewed or a statute specifies a different termination date. However, the bill exempts the council from this requirement.
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2/27/25
What happens next
The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.
If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.
All actions (15)
- 2/27/25Introduced in House
- 2/27/25Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 4/8/25Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 4/8/25Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 1.
- 7/10/25Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-194.
- 7/10/25Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 158.
- 7/14/25Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 7/14/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3218-3220)
- 7/14/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1717.
- 7/14/25At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- 7/15/25Considered as unfinished business.
- 7/15/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 380 - 33 (Roll no. 196).
- 7/15/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 380 - 33 (Roll no. 196). (text: 7/14/2025 CR 3218-3219)
- 7/15/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 7/16/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.