The record

LegislationLegislation· Apr 2025
HR 866 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Robert E. Latta (R)

ROUTERS Act

Requires a study of national security risks from routers made by China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia.

Tradeoff

Orders the Commerce Department to study cybersecurity threats from foreign routers and report to Congress within one year. No funding is specified in the bill.

What's in it

See official bill text

Costs $2 million over five years for Department of Commerce study and reporting.

The $2 million is the federal cost to conduct and report the study — the bill itself does not ban devices or impose requirements on manufacturers, so the real policy impact would depend on what Congress does with the study's findings.

H.R. 866, ROUTERS Act · Jun 2025

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

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 31, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Energy and Commerce(Jan 31, 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. 119-75.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Apr 28, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    Received(Apr 29, 2025)