United StatesDirects Commerce to develop U.S. plan to promote Wi‑Fi globally
This plan could shape international spectrum rules that influence home, business, and public wireless connectivity and U.S. technology competition.
What it does
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to develop, submit to relevant congressional committees, and publish on the NTIA website a Plan within 180 days to advance global adoption of Wi‑Fi, unlicensed technologies, and harmonize the 5925–7125 MHz band.
Mandates the Assistant Secretary to seek and consider public comments while developing the Plan.
Requires the Plan to assess and propose strategies to counter efforts by the Chinese Communist Party and other adversary governments to undermine unlicensed and Wi‑Fi technologies.
Requires a report to Congress within 90 days after WRC‑27 describing Plan implementation, including a tracking mechanism; report should be unclassified but may include a classified annex.
Clarifies that nothing in the section requires disclosure of classified, privileged, proprietary, or trade secret information.
Argument forCreates a unified U.S. strategy to preserve and expand global support for Wi‑Fi and unlicensed spectrum, helping maintain U.S. leadership in wireless technology.
Argument againstThe requirement may duplicate existing agency work (NTIA, FCC, State) and add procedural burden without guaranteeing new results at international conferences.
Where do you stand?
Choose your position
Tell your reps
Take a position to see your representatives and ways to contact them.
Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 4Introduced in HouseLatest
- Jun 4Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Introduced
TechnologyNational SecurityGovernment & Ethics