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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2458
To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019
to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from granting a
license or United States market access for 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 an entity that produces or provides any covered
communications equipment or service or an affiliate of such an entity,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH27, 2025
Mr. P
ALLONE(for himself and Mr. GUTHRIE) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks
Act of 2019 to prohibit the Federal Communications
Commission from granting a license or United States
market access for a geostationary orbit satellite system
or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an au-
thorization 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 con-
trolled by an entity that produces or provides any covered
communications equipment or service or an affiliate of
such an entity, and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Space Act of 4
2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON GRANT OF CERTAIN SATELLITE 6
LICENSES, UNITED STATES MARKET ACCESS, 7
OR EARTH STATION AUTHORIZATIONS. 8
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secure and Trusted Commu-9
nications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 10
is amended— 11
(1) by redesignating sections 10 and 11 as sec-12
tions 11 and 12, respectively; and 13
(2) by inserting after section 9 the following: 14
‘‘SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON GRANT OF CERTAIN SATELLITE 15
LICENSES, UNITED STATES MARKET ACCESS, 16
OR EARTH STATION AUTHORIZATIONS. 17
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Commission may not grant 18
a license for, or a petition for a declaratory ruling to ac-19
cess the United States market using, a geostationary orbit 20
satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite sys-21
tem, or an authorization to use an individually licensed 22
earth station or a blanket-licensed earth station, if such 23
license, grant of market access, or authorization would be 24
held or controlled by— 25
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‘‘(1) an entity that produces or provides any 1
covered communications equipment or service; or 2
‘‘(2) an affiliate (as defined in section 3 of the 3
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)) of an 4
entity described in paragraph (1). 5
‘‘(b) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
‘‘(1) B
LANKET-LICENSED EARTH STATION .— 7
The term ‘blanket-licensed earth station’ means an 8
earth station that is licensed with a geostationary 9
orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit 10
satellite system. 11
‘‘(2) G
ATEWAY STATION.—The term ‘gateway 12
station’ means an earth station or a group of earth 13
stations that— 14
‘‘(A) supports the routing and switching 15
functions of a geostationary orbit satellite sys-16
tem or a nongeostationary orbit satellite sys-17
tem; 18
‘‘(B) may also be used for telemetry, track-19
ing, and command transmissions; 20
‘‘(C) does not originate or terminate com-21
munication traffic; and 22
‘‘(D) is not for the exclusive use of any 23
customer. 24
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‘‘(3) INDIVIDUALLY LICENSED EARTH STA -1
TION.—The term ‘individually licensed earth station’ 2
means— 3
‘‘(A) an earth station (other than a blan-4
ket-licensed earth station) that sends a signal 5
to, and receives a signal from, a geostationary 6
orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary 7
orbit satellite system; or 8
‘‘(B) a gateway station.’’. 9
(b) A
PPLICABILITY.—Section 10 of the Secure and 10
Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, as added 11
by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to the grant 12
of a license, petition, or authorization on or after the date 13
of the enactment of this Act. 14
(c) R
ULES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 15
the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications 16
Commission shall issue rules to implement section 10 of 17
the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 18
2019, as added by subsection (a). 19
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