118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2114Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act

A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to publish a list of entities that hold authorizations, licenses, or other grants of authority issued by the Commission and that have certain foreign ownership, and for other purposes.

Science, technology, communications
Introduced Jun 22, 2023
Last action Jun 22, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jun 22, 2023
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Referred
Jun 22, 2023
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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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 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to annually publish a list of entities that hold a license or other authorization granted by the FCC and have ties to specified countries. An entity must be listed if the government of China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or Venezuela (or an organization subject to the jurisdiction of any of those governments) owns an equity interest in the entity. The FCC may list additional entities that do not meet these requirements after consulting with an appropriate national security agency.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Jun 22, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jun 22, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.