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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 pub-
lish 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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Adversary Com-
munications Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIST OF ENTITIES HOLDING FCC AUTHORIZATIONS, 
LICENSES, OR OTHER GRANTS OF AUTHORITY 
AND HAVING CERTAIN FOREIGN OWNERSHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall pub-
lish on the internet website of the Commission a list of each 
entity— 
(1) that holds a license issued by the Commission 
pursuant to— 
(A) section 309(j) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)); or 
(B) the Act of May 27, 1921 (47 U.S.C. 34 
et seq.; commonly known as the ‘‘Cable Landing 
Licensing Act’’) and Executive Order 10530 (3 
U.S.C. 301 note; relating to the performance of 
certain functions vested in or subject to the ap-
proval of the President); and 
(2) with respect to which— 
(A) a covered entity holds an equity or vot-
ing interest that is required to be reported to the 
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Commission under the ownership rules of the 
Commission; or 
(B) an appropriate national security agen-
cy has determined that a covered entity exerts 
control, regardless of whether such covered entity 
holds an equity or voting interest as described in 
subparagraph (A). 
(b) RULEMAKING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com-
mission shall issue rules to obtain information to 
identify each entity— 
(A) that holds any authorization, license, or 
other grant of authority issued by the Commis-
sion (other than a license described in subsection 
(a)(1)); and 
(B) with respect to which a covered entity 
holds an equity or voting interest that is re-
quired to be reported to the Commission under 
the ownership rules of the Commission. 
(2) PLACEMENT ON LIST.—Not later than 1 year 
after the Commission issues the rules required by 
paragraph (1), the Commission shall place each enti-
ty described in such paragraph on the list published 
under subsection (a). 
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(c) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT EXEMPTION.—A col-
lection of information conducted or sponsored by the Com-
mission to implement this section does not constitute a col-
lection of information for the purposes of subchapter I of 
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’). 
(d) ANNUAL UPDATES.—The Commission shall, not 
less frequently than annually, update the list published 
under subsection (a), including with respect to any entity 
required to be placed on such list by subsection (b)(2). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
NATIONAL
SECURITY
AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘‘appropriate national security agen-
cy’’ has the meaning given such term in section 9 of 
the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 
Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608). 
(2) 
COMMISSION.—The 
term 
‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(3) COVERED
COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘covered 
country’’ means a country specified in section 
4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 
(4) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) the government of a covered country; 
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(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
a covered country; and 
(C) a subsidiary or affiliate of an entity de-
scribed in subparagraph (B), regardless of 
whether the subsidiary or affiliate is organized 
under the laws of a covered country. 
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