Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4649 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4649 To promote the use of smart technologies and systems in communities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2025 Ms. DelBene (for herself and Ms. Clarke of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, Education and Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To promote the use of smart technologies and systems in communities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2025''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purpose. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I--ENHANCING FEDERAL COORDINATION AND INVESTMENT IN SMART CITY OR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Sec. 101. Coordination of activities among Federal agencies. Sec. 102. Smart city and community resource guide. TITLE II--PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO CITIES AND COMMUNITIES Sec. 201. Technology demonstration grant program. Sec. 202. Cybersecurity Working Group. Sec. 203. TechHire Workforce Training and Development Program. Sec. 204. GAO study on innovative financing. Sec. 205. Technical assistance, smart city voucher, and technologist in residence programs. TITLE III--IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND INTEROPERABILITY Sec. 301. Standards and