,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bb1 #bjba,mr4 
,allred 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,o',halleran1
 ,mr4 ,hudson1 and ,mr4 ,guthrie7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide   
outreach and technical assistance to    
small providers regarding the benefits  
of ,open ,,ran networks1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,open ,,ran         
,outreach ,act4  #b4 ,outreach and      
technical assistance to small providers 
regarding ,open ,,ran networks  7a7 ,in 
general ,the ,assistant ,secretary shall
 conduct outreach and provide technical 
assistance to small communications      
network providers to raise awareness of 
the benefits of ,open ,,ran networks and
 other open network architectures4  7b7 
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,assistant ,secretary ,the term         
,assistant ,secretary means the         

,assistant ,secretary of ,commerce for  
,communications and ,information1 acting
 through the head of the ,office of     
,internet ,connectivity and ,growth4    
7#b7 ,open network architecture ,the    
term open network architecture means    
,open ,,ran networks and other network  
elements that follow a set of open      
standards for multi-vendor network      
equipment interoperability1 including   
open core and open transport4  7#c7     
,open ,,ran network ,the term ,open     
,,ran network means a wireless network  
that follows the ,open ,radio ,access   
,network approach to standardization    
adopted by the ,o-,,ran ,alliance1      
,telecom ,infra ,project1 or ,third     
,generation ,partnership ,project       
7#c;,,gpp71 or any similar set of open  
standards for multi-vendor network      
equipment interoperability4