NET Act

Bill: 119-s-503
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2025-02-10
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Government studies and investigations

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-29
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 171.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-02-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Network Equipment Transparency Act or the NET Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to report biennially on the impact of network equipment availability on the deployment of advanced telecommunications capabilities (i.e., broadband). This assessment must be included in the FCC’s reports on the state of the communications marketplace, which are submitted to Congress and published publicly every other year.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 171 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 503 [Report No. 119–66] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 10, 2025 Mr. Hickenlooper (for himself, Mr. Moran , Mrs. Capito , and Mr. Peters ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation September 29, 2025 Reported by Mr. Cruz , without amendment A BILL To direct the Federal Communications Commission to evaluate and consider the impact of the telecommunications network equipment supply chain on the deployment of universal service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Network Equipment Transparency Act or the NET Act . 2. Telecommunications supply chain consideration (a) In general Section 13(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 163(b) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) assess, to the extent that data is available to the Commission, how the availability of network equipment may have impacted the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability during the applicable reporting period; . (b) Rule of construction Nothing in the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to require any provider of advanced telecommunications capability to provide the Federal Communications Commission more information than was required for the purpose of section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 163 ) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Technical and conforming amendments Section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 163 ), as amended by subsection (a), is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking (3) and inserting (4) ; and (B) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking (4) and inserting (5) ; (2) in subsection (c), by striking (b)(4) and inserting (b)(5) ; and (3) in subsection (d)(3), by striking (b)(3) and inserting (b)(4) .

September 29, 2025 Reported without amendment

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 503 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 10, 2025 Mr. Hickenlooper (for himself, Mr. Moran , Mrs. Capito , and Mr. Peters ) 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 evaluate and consider the impact of the telecommunications network equipment supply chain on the deployment of universal service, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Network Equipment Transparency Act or the NET Act . 2. Telecommunications supply chain consideration (a) In general Section 13(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 163(b) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) assess, to the extent that data is available to the Commission, how the availability of network equipment may have impacted the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability during the applicable reporting period; . (b) Rule of construction Nothing in the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to require any provider of advanced telecommunications capability to provide the Federal Communications Commission more information than was required for the purpose of section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 163 ) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Technical and conforming amendments Section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 163 ), as amended by subsection (a), is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking (3) and inserting (4) ; and (B) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking (4) and inserting (5) ; (2) in subsection (c), by striking (b)(4) and inserting (b)(5) ; and (3) in subsection (d)(3), by striking (b)(3) and inserting (b)(4) .