{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-2685","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 2685","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a report examining the cybersecurity of mobile service networks, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a report examining the cybersecurity of mobile service networks, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-04-20","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-12-01","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h389","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act","result":"Passed","yea":404,"nay":19,"present":0,"not_voting":10,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll389.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.","date":"2021-12-02"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-12-01","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to examine and report on the cybersecurity of mobile service networks and the vulnerability of these networks and mobile devices to cyberattacks and surveillance conducted by adversaries."},{"k":"p","t":"The report shall include (1) an assessment of the degree to which providers of mobile service have addressed certain cybersecurity vulnerabilities; (2) a discussion of the degree to which these providers have implemented cybersecurity best practices and risk assessment frameworks; and (3) an estimate of the prevalence and efficacy of encryption and authentication algorithms and techniques used in mobile service and communications equipment, mobile devices, and mobile operating systems and software."}],"words":113},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to two congressional committees a report on the cybersecurity of mobile service networks and the vulnerability of those networks and mobile devices to cyberattacks and surveillance by adversaries.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2685/text/eh#H63839ADE7EE14607835CE5BE72616C2B"}]},"core_areas":["Cybersecurity of mobile service networks","Encryption and authentication in mobile service, equipment and devices","Cell site simulators and other mobile surveillance technologies"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, to submit the report to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation not later than 1 year after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2685/text/eh#H63839ADE7EE14607835CE5BE72616C2B"}},{"text":"Requires the report to assess the degree to which mobile service providers have addressed cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified by researchers, standards organizations, industry experts, and Federal agencies.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2685/text/eh#H63839ADE7EE14607835CE5BE72616C2B"}},{"text":"Requires the report to estimate and discuss the prevalence and efficacy of encryption and authentication algorithms and techniques used in mobile service, mobile communications equipment, mobile devices, and mobile operating systems and software.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2685/text/eh#H63839ADE7EE14607835CE5BE72616C2B"}},{"text":"Requires the report to estimate and discuss the prevalence, costs, commercial availability, and usage by adversaries in the United States of cell site simulators and other mobile service surveillance and interception technologies.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2685/text/eh#H63839ADE7EE14607835CE5BE72616C2B"}},{"text":"Limits the report to mobile service networks and excludes 5G protocols and networks, and requires it in unclassified form, with a possible classified annex and an unredacted copy provided to the two committees.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2685/text/eh#H63839ADE7EE14607835CE5BE72616C2B"}},{"text":"Authorizes $500,000 to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 to carry out the report, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2685/text/eh#H63839ADE7EE14607835CE5BE72616C2B"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2685/text/eh#H63839ADE7EE14607835CE5BE72616C2B"},"heading":"Report on cybersecurity of mobile service networks","effect":"Requires the Assistant Secretary to exclude 5G protocols and networks from consideration in the required report, so that subset of mobile networks is left out of the examination.","amount":null,"quote":"exclude consideration of 5G protocols and networks in the report required by subsection (a);"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-12-01","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2685/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2685","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2685/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-2685.png","v":"4bb92261912e","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2685, 117th Congress: Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act. House: 404 Yea, 19 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 1 Dec 2021."}}