H.R. 1717 · 119th Congress · Science, technology, communications
Communications Security Act
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
House · Jul 15, 2025
Roll call ↗380
33
Passed the House.
Passed the House on July 15, 2025.
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- CommitteeJul 10, 2025
- Passed HouseJul 15, 2025
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- 1
- all Republican
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Lobbying
- At least 2
- organizations named it2025 Q1 to 2026 Q3
What it does
The bill orders the FCC to run a standing advisory council on communications network security.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, July 15, 2025
Yea unless marked
D · House · NC-12
R · House · AL-4
D · House · CA-33
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
The bill orders the FCC to run a standing advisory council on communications network security. Within 90 days, the FCC must establish a council to advise on the security, reliability, and interoperability of communications networks, or designate an existing advisory committee for that purpose. The FCC Chair appoints the members, who serve 2-year terms. Membership must draw from communications-industry companies, public interest organizations or academic institutions, and federal, state, local, or Tribal governments, with at least one member from each type of government. The Chair may not seat industry, public interest, or academic members determined to be 'not trusted.' An entity is not trusted if the Chair publicly determines it is owned by, controlled by, or subject to the influence of a foreign adversary, or otherwise poses a threat to national security, using the criteria in the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019. Every 2 years the council must submit its reports to the Chair, and the FCC must post them publicly. The council is exempt from the federal advisory committee termination rule, so it does not automatically sunset.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 2 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 13 quarterly reports filed by 2 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
The organizations named: Competitive Carriers Association; Wta -- Advocates for Rural Broadband. Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.