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The bill improves U.S. policymakers’ technical analysis and transparency around options to expand internet access to Iran and to identify sanction targets, but it imposes government reporting costs and risks limited public oversight or delayed concrete assistance when sensitive details are placed in classified annexes.
U.S. policymakers and taxpayers will get assessments of foreign investment in Iranian telecoms that help identify companies and networks that could be targeted by sanctions or diplomatic pressure.
Federal policymakers and U.S. agencies will receive clearer technical and policy analysis on options to expand internet access to Iran, improving foreign-policy decisionmaking.
Congress and the public will receive an unclassified report (with a possible classified annex) that increases transparency and oversight of proposals while allowing protection of sensitive details.
Iranians (including urban communities) could face delayed or insufficient expansion of internet access because analysis may identify vulnerabilities without committing resources to remediation.
Congress and the public may receive limited actionable information because classified annexes could withhold key details, constraining oversight of proposed programs or commercial partnerships.
Federal agencies (State, FCC, Treasury) will incur staff time and administrative costs preparing the interagency report, diverting resources with no direct service to most U.S. residents.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires State, with FCC and Treasury, to update the FY2025 NDAA internet freedom report on Iran within 120 days covering direct-to-cell feasibility, drones, jamming, and telecom ownership.
Requires the Secretary of State, working with the Federal Communications Commission and the Treasury Department, to update and supplement the FY2025 NDAA report on internet freedom in Iran and deliver the update to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee within 120 days of enactment. The updated report must analyze the technical, regulatory, and security feasibility of direct-to-cell wireless technologies; assess drone platforms, signal jamming, and countermeasures; survey terrestrial and non‑terrestrial telecommunications providers in Iran (including state ownership and foreign participation); and include any other relevant information. The report must be unclassified but may include a classified annex.
Introduced December 4, 2025 by Dave Min · Last progress December 4, 2025