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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 820 

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 

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. 

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 

5 Communications Transparency Act’’. 


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

2 LICENSES, OR OTHER GRANTS OF AUTHOR3 ITY AND HAVING CERTAIN FOREIGN OWNER4 SHIP. 

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

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

7 publish on the internet website of the Commission a list 

8 of each entity— 

9 (1) that holds— 

10 (A) an authorization issued by the Com11 mission; 

12 (B) a license issued by the Commission; or 

13 (C) any other grant of authority issued by 

14 the Commission; and 

15 (2) either— 

16 (A) any of the equity interest (or equiva17 lent thereof) of which is owned by a covered en18 tity; or 

19 (B) that is not covered by subparagraph 

20 (A) but that the Commission, in consultation 

21 with an appropriate national security agency, 

22 considers appropriate. 

23 (b) ANNUAL UPDATES.—The Commission shall up24 date the list published under subsection (a) not less fre25 quently than annually. 

26 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE NATIONAL SECURITY AGEN2 CY.—The term ‘‘appropriate national security agen3 cy’’ has the meaning given such term in section 9 

4 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Net5 works Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608). 

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

7 means the Federal Communications Commission. 

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

9 country’’ means— 

10 (A) the People’s Republic of China; 

11 (B) Russia; 

12 (C) Iran; 

13 (D) North Korea; 

14 (E) Cuba; and 

15 (F) Venezuela. 

16 (4) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en17 tity’’ means— 

18 (A) the government of a covered country; 

19 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

20 a covered country or otherwise subject to the 

21 jurisdiction of the government of a covered 

22 country; and 

23 (C) a subsidiary or affiliate of an entity 

24 described in subparagraph (B) that is not orga25 nized under the laws of a covered country or 


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1 otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the gov2 ernment of a covered country. 

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