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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5883. Mrs. FISCHER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. . PROHIBITION ON GRANT OF CERTAIN SATELLITE LICENSES,
UNITED STATES MARKET ACCESS, OR EARTH STATION
AUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) In General.—The Secure and Trusted Communications
Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating sections 10 and 11 as sections 11 and
12, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 9 the following:
“SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON GRANT OF CERTAIN SATELLITE
LICENSES, UNITED STATES MARKET ACCESS, OR EARTH
STATION AUTHORIZATIONS.
“(a) Definitions.—In this section:
“(1) Affiliate.—
“(A) In general.—The term `affiliate' means an entity
that (directly or indirectly) owns or controls, is owned or
controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with,
another entity.
“(B) Own.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term `own'
means to have, possess, or otherwise control an equity
interest (or the equivalent thereof) of not less than 10
percent.
“(2) Blanket-licensed earth station.—The term `blanket-
licensed earth station' means an earth station that is
licensed with a geostationary orbit satellite system or a
nongeostationary orbit satellite system.
“(3) Gateway station.—The term `gateway station' means an
earth station or a group of earth stations that—
“(A) supports the routing and switching functions of a
geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary
orbit satellite system;
“(B) may also be used for telemetry, tracking, and command
transmissions;
“(C) does not originate or terminate communication
traffic; and
“(D) is not for the exclusive use of any customer.
“(4) Individually licensed earth station.—The term
`individually licensed earth station' means—
“(A) an earth station (other than a blanket-licensed earth
station) that sends a signal to, and receives a signal from,
a geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary
orbit satellite system; or
“(B) a gateway station.
“(b) Prohibition.—The Commission may not grant a license
for, or a petition for a declaratory ruling to access the
United States market using, a geostationary orbit satellite
system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an
authorization to use an individually licensed earth station
or a blanket-licensed earth station, if the license, grant of
market access, or authorization would be held or controlled
by—
“(1) an entity identified on the list published by the
Commission under section 2(a); or
“(2) an affiliate of an entity described in paragraph (1).
“(c) Further Consideration for Secured Networks.—
“(1) In general.—The Commission may issue a report
assessing supply chain security risks associated with any
earth station licensee, geostationary orbit satellite system
licensee, nongeostationary orbit satellite system licensee,
or entity granted a declaratory ruling to access the United
States market using a geostationary orbit satellite system or
nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an affiliate of
such a licensee or entity, that provides communications
equipment designed, developed, manufactured, or assembled by
an entity identified on the list published by the Commission
under section 2(a).
“(2) Rule of construction.—Nothing in paragraph (1) shall
be construed to expand or contract the authority of the
Commission.”.
(b) Applicability.—Section 10 of the Secure and Trusted
Communications Networks Act of 2019, as added by subsection
(a), shall apply with respect to the grant of a license,
petition, or authorization on or after the date of enactment
of this Act.
(c) Rules.—Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission
shall issue rules to implement section 10 of the Secure and
Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, as added by
subsection (a).