HR 2458
Passed a chamber
Bars the Federal Communications Commission from licensing satellite systems or approving earth stations that are held or controlled by companies that produce or provide covered communications equipment or services, or by their affiliates.
Official title: Secure Space Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
27-MAR-2025
Referred
27-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
08-APR-2025
Reported
24-APR-2025
On the calendar
24-APR-2025
Passed
28-APR-2025
Senate
Received
29-APR-2025
- Covers geostationary and nongeostationary satellite systems, plus individually licensed and blanket-licensed earth stations.
- Applies to licenses, U.S. market access petitions, and earth station authorizations held or controlled by a covered equipment or service provider or its affiliate.
- Adds the new section 10 to the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, applies it to grants made on or after enactment, and requires the FCC to issue implementing rules within one year.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (27-MAR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 28-APR-2025).
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