119th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1962Secure Space Act of 2025

A bill to amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from granting a license or United States market access for a geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an authorization to use an individually licensed earth station or a blanket-licensed earth station, if the license, grant of market access, or authorization would be held or controlled by an entity that produces or provides any covered communications equipment or service or an affiliate of such an entity, and for other purposes.

Science, technology, communications
Introduced Jun 5, 2025
Last action Apr 14, 2026
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jun 5, 2025
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Referred
Jun 5, 2025
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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Committee
Apr 14, 2026
Reported out
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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 prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from granting satellite licenses or earth station authorizations, including U.S. market access for foreign-licensed satellites, to specified foreign entities of concern and their affiliates. (Earth stations, also commonly known as ground stations, are earth-based radio stations that communicate with satellites. A grant of U.S. market access permits one or more foreign-licensed satellites to communicate with one or more U.S.-licensed earth stations.) Specifically, the FCC may not grant a satellite license, an earth station authorization, or market access to any entity, or an affiliate thereof, that produces or provides communica...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
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Timeline · 3 actions
Apr 14, 2026
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 5, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jun 5, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.