S 259
Passed a chamber
Requires the Federal Communications Commission to publish and annually update a public list of companies that hold FCC licenses or authorizations and have certain ownership ties to foreign adversary countries.
Official title: Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
24-OCT-2025
Senate
Introduced
27-JAN-2025
Referred
27-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
30-APR-2025
Reported
09-JUL-2025
On the calendar
09-JUL-2025
Passed
23-OCT-2025
- Requires the FCC to publish the list within 120 days, covering entities holding certain satellite, cable landing, or spectrum licenses where a covered foreign entity holds a reportable equity or voting interest or national security agencies determine it exerts control.
- Requires the FCC to issue rules within 18 months to identify other FCC authorization holders with reportable covered-country ownership, and to add them to the list within one year after those rules issue.
- Defines covered entities as governments of, or entities organized under the laws of, countries listed in federal defense law, including their subsidiaries, and requires annual updates to the list.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (27-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 23-OCT-2025).
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■ 2 D■ 1 R
2 Democrats
1 Republican