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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 503
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to evaluate and consider
the impact of the telecommunications network equipment supply chain
on the deployment of universal service, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY10, 2025
Mr. H
ICKENLOOPER (for himself, Mr. MORAN, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr.
P
ETERS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to evalu-
ate and consider the impact of the telecommunications
network equipment supply chain on the deployment of
universal service, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Network Equipment 4
Transparency Act’’ or the ‘‘NET Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPLY CHAIN CONSIDER-1
ATION. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 13(b) of the Communica-3
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 163(b)) is amended— 4
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and 5
(5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and 6
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-7
lowing: 8
‘‘(3) assess, to the extent that data is available 9
to the Commission, how the availability of network 10
equipment may have impacted the deployment of ad-11
vanced telecommunications capability during the ap-12
plicable reporting period;’’. 13
(b) R
ULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 14
amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to 15
require any provider of advanced telecommunications ca-16
pability to provide the Federal Communications Commis-17
sion more information than was required for the purpose 18
of section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 19
U.S.C. 163) as in effect on the day before the date of 20
enactment of this Act. 21
(c) T
ECHNICAL ANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 22
Section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 23
163), as amended by subsection (a), is amended— 24
(1) in subsection (b)— 25
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(A) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, 1
by striking ‘‘(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)’’; and 2
(B) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, 3
by striking ‘‘(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘(5)’’; 4
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(b)(4)’’ and 5
inserting ‘‘(b)(5)’’; and 6
(3) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘(b)(3)’’ 7
and inserting ‘‘(b)(4)’’. 8
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