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The bill increases transparency and gives officials, researchers, and the public timely, actionable information to improve telecom resilience, but raises the risk that disclosed details could be exploited by adversaries and will impose agency costs and potential short-term economic disruption.
State and local governments, federal agencies, and the public gain timely (within 30 days) access to DHS's unclassified telecom vulnerability report, improving situational awareness, enabling coordinated mitigation, and increasing transparency.
Telecom companies and security researchers can use the report's findings to prioritize fixes and strengthen network resilience.
Telecom operators and national security could be harmed because even unclassified report details might be exploited by adversaries if operationally sensitive information is disclosed.
Consumers and telecom companies may face short-term disruption or economic costs if public disclosure causes alarm and prompts reactive measures.
DHS will incur additional staff time and administrative costs to prepare, review, and redact the report on the required timeline, imposing costs on the agency (and taxpayers).
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires DHS to publicly release the unclassified "U.S. Telecommunications Insecurity 2022" report within 30 days of enactment.
Introduced July 28, 2025 by Ronald Lee Wyden · Last progress July 29, 2025
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to publicly release, in full and unclassified, the report titled "U.S. Telecommunications Insecurity 2022" (prepared for CISA) within 30 days after the Act becomes law. Also establishes the Act's short title as the "Telecom Cybersecurity Transparency Act." This is a narrow transparency measure that does not create new programs or funding.