118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1245 — Defend Our Networks Act

“A bill to transfer unobligated balances made available for COVID-19 emergency response and relief to the Federal Communications Commission to enable the Commission to carry out the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program.”

Economics and public finance

Introduced Apr 20, 2023

Last action Apr 20, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Apr 20, 2023

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Referred

Apr 20, 2023

Finance

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires certain unobligated funds that were provided to address COVID-19 to be transferred to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for carrying out the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program. (Under the program, the FCC reimburses certain providers of advanced communications services for reasonable expenses incurred in the removal, replacement, and disposal of communications equipment and services produced or provided by Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation.)

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Apr 20, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Apr 20, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.