Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-2114
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-22
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Asia

Caribbean area

China

Corporate finance and management

Cuba

Foreign and international corporations

Government information and archives

Iran

Latin America

Licensing and registrations

Middle East

North Korea

Russia

Venezuela
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to annually publish a list of entities that hold a license or other authorization granted by the FCC and have ties to specified countries. An entity must be listed if the government of China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or Venezuela (or an organization subject to the jurisdiction of any of those governments) owns an equity interest in the entity. The FCC may list additional entities that do not meet these requirements after consulting with an appropriate national security agency. </p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2114 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 22, 2023 Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act . 2. List of entities holding FCC authorizations, licenses, or other grants of authority and having certain foreign ownership (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate national security agency The term appropriate national security agency has the meaning given the 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) the People’s Republic of China; (B) Russia; (C) Iran; (D) North Korea; (E) Cuba; and (F) Venezuela. (4) Covered entity The term covered entity means— (A) the government of a covered country; (B) an entity organized under the laws of a covered country or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the government of a covered country; and (C) a subsidiary or affiliate of an entity described in subparagraph (B) that is not organized under the laws of a covered country or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the government of a covered country. (b) Publication of list Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall publish on the internet website of the Commission a list of each entity— (1) that holds— (A) an authorization issued by the Commission; (B) a license issued by the Commission; or (C) any other grant of authority issued by the Commission; and (2) either— (A) any of the equity interest (or equivalent thereof) of which is owned by a covered entity; or (B) that is not covered by subparagraph (A) but that the Commission, in consultation with an appropriate national security agency, considers appropriate. (c) Annual updates The Commission shall update the list published under subsection (b) not less frequently than annually.