118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 820 

AN ACT 

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. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Adversary 

3 Communications Transparency Act’’. 

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

5 LICENSES, OR OTHER GRANTS OF AUTHOR6 ITY AND HAVING CERTAIN FOREIGN OWNER7 SHIP. 

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

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 

10 publish on the internet website of the Commission a list 

11 of each entity— 

12 (1) that holds a license issued by the Commis13 sion pursuant to— 

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

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

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

17 34 et seq.; commonly known as the ‘‘Cable 

18 Landing Licensing Act’’) and Executive Order 

19 10530 (3 U.S.C. 301 note; relating to the per20 formance of certain functions vested in or sub21 ject to the approval of the President); and 

22 (2) with respect to which— 

23 (A) a covered entity holds an equity or vot24 ing interest that is required to be reported to 

25 the Commission under the ownership rules of 

26 the Commission; or 
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1 (B) an appropriate national security agen2 cy has determined that a covered entity exerts 

3 control, regardless of whether such covered enti4 ty holds an equity or voting interest as de5 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

6 (b) RULEMAKING.— 

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

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

9 Commission shall issue rules to obtain information 

10 to identify each entity— 

11 (A) that holds any authorization, license, 

12 or other grant of authority issued by the Com13 mission (other than a license described in sub14 section (a)(1)); and 

15 (B) with respect to which a covered entity 

16 holds an equity or voting interest that is re17 quired to be reported to the Commission under 

18 the ownership rules of the Commission. 

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

20 year after the Commission issues the rules required 

21 by paragraph (1), the Commission shall place each 

22 entity described in such paragraph on the list pub23 lished under subsection (a). 

24 (c) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT EXEMPTION.—A 

25 collection of information conducted or sponsored by the 
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1 Commission to implement this section does not constitute 

2 a collection of information for the purposes of subchapter 

3 I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 

4 referred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’). 

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

6 less frequently than annually, update the list published 

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

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

9 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) APPROPRIATE NATIONAL SECURITY AGEN11 CY.—The term ‘‘appropriate national security agen12 cy’’ has the meaning given such term in section 9 

13 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Net14 works Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608). 

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

16 means the Federal Communications Commission. 

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

18 country’’ means a country specified in section 

19 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 

20 (4) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en21 tity’’ means— 

22 (A) the government of a covered country; 

23 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

24 a covered country; and 
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1 (C) a subsidiary or affiliate of an entity 

2 described in subparagraph (B), regardless of 

3 whether the subsidiary or affiliate is organized 

4 under the laws of a covered country. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 9, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 820 

AN ACT 

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 authoriza-