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Union Calendar No. 27 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 675 

[Report No. 118–41] 

To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 

to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from granting a 

license or United States market access for a non-geostationary orbit 

satellite system if the license or grant of market access would be held 

or controlled by an entity that produces or provides any covered communications equipment or service or an affiliate of such an entity, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 31, 2023 

Mr. PALLONE (for himself and Mrs. RODGERS of Washington) introduced the 

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

APRIL 25, 2023 

Reported with amendments, 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 January 31, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 

Act of 2019 to prohibit the Federal Communications 

Commission from granting a license or United States 

market access for a non-geostationary orbit satellite system if the license or grant of market access would be 

held or controlled by an entity that produces or provides 

any covered communications equipment or service or an 

affiliate of such an entity, 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 ‘‘Secure Space Act of 

5 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON GRANT OF CERTAIN SATELLITE LI7 CENSES, UNITED STATES MARKET ACCESS, 

8 OR EARTH STATION AUTHORIZATIONS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secure and Trusted Commu10 nications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 

11 is amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating sections 10 and 11 as sec13 tions 11 and 12, respectively; and 

14 (2) by inserting after section 9 the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON GRANT OF CERTAIN SATELLITE 

2 LICENSES, UNITED STATES MARKET ACCESS, 

3 OR EARTH STATION AUTHORIZATIONS. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may not grant 

5 a license for, or a petition for a declaratory ruling to access 

6 the United States market using, a geostationary orbit sat7 ellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system, 

8 or an authorization to use an individually licensed earth 

9 station or a blanket-licensed earth station, if such license, 

10 grant of market access, or authorization would be held or 

11 controlled by— 

12 ‘‘(1) an entity that produces or provides any 

13 covered communications equipment or service; or 

14 ‘‘(2) an affiliate (as defined in section 3 of the 

15 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)) of an 

16 entity described in paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 ‘‘(1) BLANKET-LICENSED EARTH STATION.—The 

19 term ‘blanket-licensed earth station’ means an earth 

20 station that is licensed with a geostationary orbit sat21 ellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite sys22 tem. 

23 ‘‘(2) GATEWAY STATION.—The term ‘gateway 

24 station’ means an earth station or a group of earth 

25 stations that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) supports the routing and switching 

2 functions of a geostationary orbit satellite system 

3 or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system; 

4 ‘‘(B) may also be used for telemetry, track5 ing, and command transmissions; 

6 ‘‘(C) does not originate or terminate com7 munication traffic; and 

8 ‘‘(D) is not for the exclusive use of any cus9 tomer. 

10 ‘‘(3) INDIVIDUALLY LICENSED EARTH STATION.— 

11 The term ‘individually licensed earth station’ 

12 means— 

13 ‘‘(A) an earth station (other than a blanket14 licensed earth station) that sends a signal to, 

15 and receives a signal from, a geostationary orbit 

16 satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit sat17 ellite system; or 

18 ‘‘(B) a gateway station.’’. 

19 (b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 10 of the Secure and 

20 Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, as added 

21 by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to the grant of 

22 a license, petition, or authorization on or after the date of 

23 the enactment of this Act. 

24 (c) RULES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

25 the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications 


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1 Commission shall issue rules to implement section 10 of the 

2 Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, 

3 as added by subsection (a). 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the 

Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 

2019 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from granting a license or United States market access for a geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an authorization 

to use an individually licensed earth station or a blanketlicensed earth station, if the license, grant of market access, or authorization would be held or controlled by an 

entity that produces or provides any covered communications equipment or service or an affiliate of such an entity, and for other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 27 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 675 

[Report No. 118–41] 

A BILL 

To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications 

poses. an affiliate of such an entity, and for other purcovered communications equipment or service or trolled by an entity that produces or provides any or grant of market access would be held or congeostationary orbit satellite system if the license cense or United States market access for a nonCommunications Commission from granting a liNetworks Act of 2019 to prohibit the Federal 

APRIL 25, 2023 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:44 Apr 26, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H675.RH H675

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