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Union Calendar No. 405 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 820 

[Report No. 118–489] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2023 

Ms. STEFANIK (for herself, Mr. GALLAGHER, and Mr. KHANNA) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce 

MAY 7, 2024 

Additional sponsor: Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina 

MAY 7, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 2, 2023] 


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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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Adversary Com5 munications Transparency Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LIST OF ENTITIES HOLDING FCC AUTHORIZATIONS, 

7 LICENSES, OR OTHER GRANTS OF AUTHORITY 

8 AND HAVING CERTAIN FOREIGN OWNERSHIP. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall pub11 lish on the internet website of the Commission a list of each 

12 entity— 

13 (1) that holds a license issued by the Commission 

14 pursuant to— 

15 (A) section 309(j) of the Communications 

16 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)); or 

17 (B) the Act of May 27, 1921 (47 U.S.C. 34 

18 et seq.; commonly known as the ‘‘Cable Landing 

19 Licensing Act’’) and Executive Order 10530 (3 

20 U.S.C. 301 note; relating to the performance of 

21 certain functions vested in or subject to the ap22 proval of the President); and 

23 (2) with respect to which— 

24 (A) a covered entity holds an equity or vot25 ing interest that is required to be reported to the 


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1 Commission under the ownership rules of the 

2 Commission; or 

3 (B) an appropriate national security agen4 cy has determined that a covered entity exerts 

5 control, regardless of whether such covered entity 

6 holds an equity or voting interest as described in 

7 subparagraph (A). 

8 (b) RULEMAKING.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com11 mission shall issue rules to obtain information to 

12 identify each entity— 

13 (A) that holds any authorization, license, or 

14 other grant of authority issued by the Commis15 sion (other than a license described in subsection 

16 (a)(1)); and 

17 (B) with respect to which a covered entity 

18 holds an equity or voting interest that is re19 quired to be reported to the Commission under 

20 the ownership rules of the Commission. 

21 (2) PLACEMENT ON LIST.—Not later than 1 year 

22 after the Commission issues the rules required by 

23 paragraph (1), the Commission shall place each enti24 ty described in such paragraph on the list published 

25 under subsection (a). 


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1 (c) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT EXEMPTION.—A col2 lection of information conducted or sponsored by the Com3 mission to implement this section does not constitute a col4 lection of information for the purposes of subchapter I of 

5 chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly re6 ferred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’). 

7 (d) ANNUAL UPDATES.—The Commission shall, not 

8 less frequently than annually, update the list published 

9 under subsection (a), including with respect to any entity 

10 required to be placed on such list by subsection (b)(2). 

11 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) APPROPRIATE NATIONAL SECURITY AGEN13 CY.—The term ‘‘appropriate national security agen14 cy’’ has the meaning given such term in section 9 of 

15 the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 

16 Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608). 

17 (2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

18 means the Federal Communications Commission. 

19 (3) COVERED COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘covered 

20 country’’ means a country specified in section 

21 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 

22 (4) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered enti23 ty’’ means— 

24 (A) the government of a covered country; 


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1 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

2 a covered country; and 

3 (C) a subsidiary or affiliate of an entity de4 scribed in subparagraph (B), regardless of 

5 whether the subsidiary or affiliate is organized 

6 under the laws of a covered country. 


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Union Calendar No. 405 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 820 

[Report No. 118–489] 

A BILL 

To direct the Federal Communications Commission 

ownership, and for other purposes. by the Commission and that have certain foreign tions, licenses, or other grants of authority issued to publish a list of entities that hold authorizaMAY 7, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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