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Calendar No. 511 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 820 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 

Received 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 

Read the first time 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

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, 

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 a license issued by the Commis10 sion pursuant to— 

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

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

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

14 34 et seq.; commonly known as the ‘‘Cable 

15 Landing Licensing Act’’) and Executive Order 

16 10530 (3 U.S.C. 301 note; relating to the per17 formance of certain functions vested in or sub18 ject to the approval of the President); and 

19 (2) with respect to which— 

20 (A) a covered entity holds an equity or vot21 ing interest that is required to be reported to 

22 the Commission under the ownership rules of 

23 the Commission; or 

24 (B) an appropriate national security agen25 cy has determined that a covered entity exerts 

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1 ty holds an equity or voting interest as de2 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

3 (b) RULEMAKING.— 

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

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

6 Commission shall issue rules to obtain information 

7 to identify each entity— 

8 (A) that holds any authorization, license, 

9 or other grant of authority issued by the Com10 mission (other than a license described in sub11 section (a)(1)); and 

12 (B) with respect to which a covered entity 

13 holds an equity or voting interest that is re14 quired to be reported to the Commission under 

15 the ownership rules of the Commission. 

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

17 year after the Commission issues the rules required 

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

19 entity described in such paragraph on the list pub20 lished under subsection (a). 

21 (c) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT EXEMPTION.—A 

22 collection of information conducted or sponsored by the 

23 Commission to implement this section does not constitute 

24 a collection of information for the purposes of subchapter 


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

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

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

4 less frequently than annually, update the list published 

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

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

7 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) APPROPRIATE NATIONAL SECURITY AGEN9 CY.—The term ‘‘appropriate national security agen10 cy’’ has the meaning given such term in section 9 

11 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Net12 works Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608). 

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

14 means the Federal Communications Commission. 

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

16 country’’ means a country specified in section 

17 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 

18 (4) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en19 tity’’ means— 

20 (A) the government of a covered country; 

21 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

22 a covered country; and 

23 (C) a subsidiary or affiliate of an entity 

24 described in subparagraph (B), regardless of 


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1 whether the subsidiary or affiliate is organized 

2 under the laws of a covered country. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 9, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 511 

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 authorizaSEPTEMBER 16, 2024 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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