,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #aaj #aagth  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #djcb
 ,report ,no4 #aag-aej ,,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     
,october #ai1 #bjba;,additional         
sponsors3 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,ms4 ,eshoo1 
,mr4 ,soto1 and ,mr4 ,taylor  ,october  
#ai1 #bjba,reported with amendments1    
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,june #bb1 #bjba  
,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-- 7#a7 to raise       
awareness regarding the uses1 benefits1 
and challenges of ,open ,,ran networks  
and other open network architectures2   
and  7#b7 regarding participation in the
 ,wireless ,supply ,chain ,innovation   
,grant ,program established under       
section #ibjb7;a77#a7 of the ,william   
,m4 7,mac7 ,thornberry ,national        
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #bjba 7,public ,law #aaf-bhc74   
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 published 
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       
published open standards for            
multi-vendor network equipment          
interoperability4  ,amend the title so  
as to read3 ,a bill to provide outreach 
and technical assistance to small       
providers regarding ,open ,,ran         
networks1 and for other purposes44      
,october #ai1 #bjba,reported with       
amendments1 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   

the ,union1 and ordered to be printed