I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2458 
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 blanket-licensed 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2025 
Mr. PALLONE (for himself and Mr. GUTHRIE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
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 au-
thorization to use an individually licensed earth station 
or a blanket-licensed earth station, if the license, grant 
of market access, or authorization would be held or con-
trolled 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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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 ‘‘Secure Space Act of 
2025’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON GRANT OF CERTAIN SATELLITE 
LICENSES, UNITED STATES MARKET ACCESS, 
OR EARTH STATION AUTHORIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secure and Trusted Commu-
nications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 10 and 11 as sec-
tions 11 and 12, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 9 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON GRANT OF CERTAIN SATELLITE 
LICENSES, UNITED STATES MARKET ACCESS, 
OR EARTH STATION AUTHORIZATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may not grant 
a license for, or a petition for a declaratory ruling to ac-
cess the United States market using, a geostationary orbit 
satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite sys-
tem, or an authorization to use an individually licensed 
earth station or a blanket-licensed earth station, if such 
license, grant of market access, or authorization would be 
held or controlled by— 
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‘‘(1) an entity that produces or provides any 
covered communications equipment or service; or 
‘‘(2) an affiliate (as defined in section 3 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)) of an 
entity described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BLANKET-LICENSED
EARTH
STATION.— 
The term ‘blanket-licensed earth station’ means an 
earth station that is licensed with a geostationary 
orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit 
satellite system. 
‘‘(2) GATEWAY STATION.—The term ‘gateway 
station’ means an earth station or a group of earth 
stations that— 
‘‘(A) supports the routing and switching 
functions of a geostationary orbit satellite sys-
tem or a nongeostationary orbit satellite sys-
tem; 
‘‘(B) may also be used for telemetry, track-
ing, and command transmissions; 
‘‘(C) does not originate or terminate com-
munication traffic; and 
‘‘(D) is not for the exclusive use of any 
customer. 
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‘‘(3) INDIVIDUALLY
LICENSED
EARTH
STA-
TION.—The term ‘individually licensed earth station’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) an earth station (other than a blan-
ket-licensed earth station) that sends a signal 
to, and receives a signal from, a geostationary 
orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary 
orbit satellite system; or 
‘‘(B) a gateway station.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 10 of the Secure and 
Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, as added 
by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to the grant 
of a license, petition, or authorization on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) RULES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications 
Commission shall issue rules to implement section 10 of 
the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 
2019, as added by subsection (a). 
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