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Today, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL2) introduced the Removing Our Unsecure Technologies to Ensure Reliability and Security (ROUTERS) Act to safeguard Americans' communications networks from foreign adversary-controlled technology, including routers, modems, or devices that contain both.

Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) have introduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate. Last year, in the 118th Congress, Latta introduced the ROUTERS Act where it received approval by the U.S. House of Representatives.

"I'm pleased to once again lead the ROUTERS Act, along with my fellow member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Congresswoman Kelly, to protect Americans from cyber threats posed by foreign adversary-controlled technology," Latta said. "We are going to continue our efforts to make sure communist China cannot surveil, manipulate, and undermine the American people. The ROUTERS Act is a good step toward that worthwhile goal, and I look forward to its swift approval through Congress so it can be signed into law by President Trump."

Background on the ROUTERS Act:
The ROUTERS Act would require the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information at the Department of Commerce to conduct a study of the national security risks posed by routers, modems, or devices that combine both, that are designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of the People’s Republic of China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, or Venezuela.