Government must study mobile network safety risks within one year.

What it does

The bill tells the government to study safety problems in mobile networks and phones. The study must look at how mobile carriers fixed known safety flaws. It must check how data is scrambled and find barriers to better safety. It must examine tracking tools like cell-site simulators. The government must report findings to Congress and the public within one year. The bill does not force carriers to change anything.

Who it affects

People learn about safety gaps and tracking risks in their phones and data. Mobile carriers and the government must take part in the study. The report may lead to new laws later.

One thing to notice

Congress will see the full report. Some sensitive facts will be hidden from the public version.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

4 cosponsors: 4 Republicans.

• Feb 27, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Feb 27, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
• Mar 4, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Mar 4, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote”
• Jul 14, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 360 - 10…”
• Jul 14, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 2 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $6,870,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 31 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.

Greg Landsman, who sponsored the bill, received $977,678 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Ncta - the Internet & Television Association — $6,870,000 in 2 reports

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• safety flaws — Weak spots in phone systems that hackers or bad actors can exploit.
• data is scrambled — Information is coded so only people with a special key can read it.
• cell-site simulators — Devices that trick phones into connecting to them to track location or listen to calls.
• mobile carriers — Companies that sell phone and data service to customers.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.