HR820-118

Reported

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.

118th Congress Introduced Feb 2, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Defense, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H1D56765083BF40F1A7F66246AA54DC5A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act.
  • Section H4F51F5620395460C9C627FCCBA06B231: 2. List of entities holding FCC authorizations, licenses, or other grants of authority and having certain foreign ownership Not later than 120 days after the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Defense, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This 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., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Defense Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • technology companies and users of digital services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: eh

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Sep 16, 2024

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Sep 12, 2024

Read the first time

Sep 10, 2024

Received

May 7, 2024

Additional sponsor: Mr. Davis of North Carolina

May 7, 2024

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Feb 2, 2023

Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Mr. Gallagher, and Mr. Khanna) introduced …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Defense Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"Commission" §H4F51F5620395460C9C627FCCBA06B231

the Federal Communications Commission. The term covered country means a country specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code. The term covered entity means— the government of a covered country

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