HR 906
Passed a chamber
Requires the Federal Communications Commission to publish a public list of companies holding FCC licenses or authorizations that are owned or controlled by entities tied to designated foreign adversary countries.
Official title: Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
31-JAN-2025
Referred
31-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
08-APR-2025
Reported
24-APR-2025
On the calendar
24-APR-2025
Passed
28-APR-2025
Senate
Received
29-APR-2025
- Directs the FCC to publish, within 120 days, a list of licensees under certain spectrum and submarine cable licenses where a covered foreign entity holds a reportable equity or voting interest, or a national security agency finds it exerts control
- Requires the FCC to adopt rules within 18 months to collect ownership information on other FCC authorizations with covered foreign equity or voting interests, and to add those entities to the list within a year after the rules issue
- Requires annual updates to the list and defines covered entities by reference to countries listed in federal defense law, including their subsidiaries
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (31-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 28-APR-2025).
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2 Democrats
2 Republicans