Requires the FCC to write rules within 12 months for licensing and modifying satellite and ground-station operations, and sets deadlines for the agency to act on applications, renewals, and modification requests.

• Requires the FCC to decide most new satellite and earth station license and market access applications within 1 year, and receive-only earth station applications within 30 days.
• Treats an application or modification request as granted if the FCC misses its deadline and the applicant gives written notice of the missed deadline.
• Bars state and local governments from regulating the rates charged by covered satellite licensees and grant holders, while leaving other terms open to regulation.
• Sends applications from entities with reportable foreign ownership to an interagency committee for national security and law enforcement review.

• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
• Communications and Technology Subcommittee

Science, Technology, Communications