House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
ITS Codification Act
Official title: To codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
- Committee actionMar 4, 2025
- Passed HouseJul 14, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 15, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1455.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1455, ITS Codification Act” on June 20, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 4, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61497
- CBO publication date
- June 20, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1455, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1455
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-176 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 30, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 30, 2025 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/176
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1455, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1455
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 35, February 21, 2025, Page H729):Article 1, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2025 ↗
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- H.R. 1455, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1455
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.