The record

LegislationLegislation· Apr 2025
HR 2449 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Doris O. Matsui (D)

FUTURE Networks Act

Requires the FCC to establish a 6G Task Force to assess wireless technology standards and deployment.

Tradeoff

Orders a federal study on next-generation wireless technology with no stated cost or offset.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs less than $500,000 over 2025-2030, with negligible net cost to the federal government due to FCC fee authority.

The $500,000 is just the federal administrative cost to convene and run the task force — the policy's real cost falls on wireless carriers and regulated entities through FCC fees that offset the task force expense.

H.R. 2449, FUTURE Networks Act · Jun 2025

Passed the House by on April 28, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Mar 27, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Energy and Commerce(Mar 27, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor

    Reported by (Apr 8, 2025)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-74.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Apr 28, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Apr 29, 2025)