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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 690 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 717
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 690

    To direct the Federal Communications Commission to evaluate and 
consider the impact of the telecommunications network equipment supply 
 chain on the deployment of universal service, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 7, 2023

Mr. Hickenlooper (for himself, Mr. Moran, Mr. Tester, and Mrs. Capito) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

            December 17 (legislative day, December 16), 2024

              Reported by Ms. Cantwell, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
    To direct the Federal Communications Commission to evaluate and 
consider the impact of the telecommunications network equipment supply 
 chain on the deployment of universal service, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Network Equipment 
Transparency Act'' or the ``NET Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPLY CHAIN 
              CONSIDERATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
163) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
        (e); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Status of Telecommunications Supply Chain.--In each 
report required by subsection (a), the Commission shall, to the extent 
that data is available, determine whether a lack of network equipment 
significantly impacted the deployment of advanced telecommunications 
capability during the applicable reporting period.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Network Equipment Transparency Act'' 
or the ``NET Act''.

SEC. 2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPLY CHAIN CONSIDERATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 13(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 163(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as 
        paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) assess, to the extent that data is available to the 
        Commission, how the availability of network equipment may have 
        impacted the deployment of advanced telecommunications 
        capability during the applicable reporting period;''.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in the amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall be construed to require any provider of advanced 
telecommunications capability to provide the Federal Communications 
Commission more information than was required for the purpose of 
section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 163) as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 13 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 163), as amended by subsection 
(a), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 
                striking ``(3)'' and inserting ``(4)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 
                striking ``(4)'' and inserting ``(5)'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``(b)(4)'' and inserting 
        ``(b)(5)''; and
            (3) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ``(b)(3)'' and 
        inserting ``(b)(4)''.
                                                       Calendar No. 717

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 690

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

    To direct the Federal Communications Commission to evaluate and 
consider the impact of the telecommunications network equipment supply 
 chain on the deployment of universal service, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

            December 17 (legislative day, December 16), 2024

                       Reported with an amendment
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