The Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act
S. 259 RS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Adversary2
Communications Transparency Act’’.3
SECTION 2. LIST OF ENTITIES HOLDING FCC AUTHORIZATIONS,4
LICENSES, OR OTHER GRANTS OF AUTHOR-5
ITY AND HAVING CERTAIN FOREIGN OWNER-6
SHIP.
(a) D
EFINITIONS .—In this section:8
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(1) A
PPROPRIATE NATIONAL SECURITY AGEN -9
CY .—The term ‘‘appropriate national security agen-10
cy’’ has the meaning given such term in section 911
of the Secure and Trusted Communications Net-12
works Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608).13 -
(2) C
OMMISSION .—The term ‘‘Commission’’14
means the Federal Communications Commission.15 -
(3) C
OVERED COUNTRY .—The term ‘‘covered16
country’’ means a country specified in section17
4872(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code.18 -
(4) C
OVERED ENTITY .—The term ‘‘covered en-19
tity’’ means—20
(A) the government of a covered country;21
(B) an entity organized under the laws of22
a covered country; and23
(C) a subsidiary of an entity described in24
subparagraph (B), regardless of whether the25
(b) P
UBLICATION OF LIST .—Not later than 120 days3
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commis-4
sion shall publish on the internet website of the Commis-5
sion a list of each entity—6
(1) that holds a license issued by the Commis-7
sion pursuant to—8
(A) section 309(j) of the Communications9
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)); or10
(B) the Act of May 27, 1921 (47 U.S.C.11
34 et seq.; commonly known as the ‘‘Cable12
Landing Licensing Act’’) and Executive Order13
10530 (3 U.S.C. 301 note; relating to the per-14
formance of certain functions vested in or sub-15
ject to the approval of the President); and16
(2) with respect to which—17
(A) a covered entity holds an equity or vot-18
ing interest that is required to be reported to19
the Commission under the ownership rules of20
the Commission; or21
(B) an appropriate national security agen-22
cy has determined that a covered entity exerts23
control, regardless of whether such covered enti-24
SECTION 3. RULMAKING.
(1) I
N GENERAL .—Not later than 18 months4
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the5
Commission shall issue rules to obtain information6
to identify each entity—7
(A) that holds any authorization, license,8
or other grant of authority issued by the Com-9
mission (other than a license described in sub-10
section (b)(1)); and11
(B) with respect to which a covered entity12
holds an equity or voting interest that is re-13
quired to be reported to the Commission under14
the ownership rules of the Commission.15
(2) P
LACEMENT ON LIST .—Not later than 116
year after the Commission issues the rules required17
by paragraph (1), the Commission shall place each18
entity described in such paragraph on the list pub-19
lished under subsection (b).20
SECTION 4. PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT EXEMPTION.
A21
collection of information conducted or sponsored by the22
Commission to implement this section does not constitute23
a collection of information for the purposes of subchapter24
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of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly1
referred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’).2
SECTION 5. ANNUAL UPDATES.
The Commission shall, not3
less frequently than annually, update the list published4
under subsection (b), including with respect to any entity5
required to be placed on such list by subsection (c)(2).6
Reference: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119s259rs
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