Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
ROUTERS Act
Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, to conduct a study of the national security risks posed by consumer routers, modems, and devices that combine a modem and router, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Marsha Blackburn R-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 24, 2025
- Committee actionMar 12, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 2, 2025 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 87.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 244.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 244, ROUTERS Act” on April 4, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61309
- CBO publication date
- April 4, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 244, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/244
- 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: S. Rept. 119-25 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on June 2, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/25
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 244, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/244
- 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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- H.R. 866 (119th) ROUTERS ActRelated bill
- H.R. 1768 (119th) Lower Costs for Everyday Americans ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.