HR1455Passed House
ITS Codification Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-02-21
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
Republican · GA · Representative
Votes with party: 98.9% (636 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/C001103
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (1)
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2025-07-15
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReferred To · 2025-07-15
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReported By · 2025-06-30
Previously
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMarkup By · 2025-03-04
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-02-21
Plain-English Summary
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences Codification Act or the ITS Codification Act This bill provides statutory authority for the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), which serves as the telecommunications research and engineering arm of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The bill also directs ITS to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies for use in locating trapped individuals in confined spaces (e.g., underground mines) where conventional radio communication is limited.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Science, Technology, Communications
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