S. 244

Summary

S. 244, the ROUTERS Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 24, 2025 by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R) with 3 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jun 2, 2025: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 87.

Record

Text

S. 244 has 3 co-sponsors.

119 S244 IS: Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-01-24
 text/xml
 EN
 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.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 244  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   January 24, 2025   Mrs. Blackburn  (for herself and  Mr. Luján ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation    A BILL
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 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, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.

Tracker

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

CRS Summary

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

Sponsors

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R) sponsors S. 244, and 3 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Marsha Blackburn

Sen. · R–TN · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 24, 2025

Ben Lujan

Sen. · D–NM · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 24, 2025 · Original

Mark Warner

Sen. · D–VA · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 26, 2025

Rick Scott

Sen. · R–FL · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 31, 2025

Show 4 of 4 rows

PreviousNext

Committees

S. 244 went before 1 committee: Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Reported By · Jun 2, 2025 · 458 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on S. 244, the latest S. Rept. 119-25.

• S. Rept. 119-25 — REMOVING OUR UNSECURE TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE RELIABILITY AND SECURITY ACT

Actions

S. 244 has taken 5 actions since Jan 24, 2025, the latest on Jun 2, 2025.

Votes

S. 244 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

2 bills are related to S. 244.

HR 1768Lower Costs for Everyday Americans ActMar 3, 2025 · Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Commit… · Related billHR 866ROUTERS ActApr 29, 2025 · Received in the Senate. · Related bill

Show 2 of 2 rows

PreviousNext

Titles

S. 244 goes by 6 titles, 4 of them short titles.

• ROUTERS Act — Display Title
• ROUTERS Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
• Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act — Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
• ROUTERS Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill 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 S. 244, the latest on Apr 4, 2025.

• S. 244, ROUTERS Act — 2025-04-04As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025

Lobbying

10 clients hired 10 firms and 43 registered lobbyists who named S. 244 in 40 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 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Telecommunications, Computer Industry, Education, Science/Technology, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Defense, Copyright/Patent/Trademark.

Clients

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

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 43.

Filings

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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 244 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; S. 244’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

Legislative Subjects

S. 244 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Computers and information technology to Internet, web applications, social media.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com