118 HR 675 IH: Secure Space Act of 2023 U.S. House of Representatives 2023-01-31 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 675IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 31, 2023Mr. Pallone (for himself and Mrs. Rodgers of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo 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 non-geostationary orbit satellite system if the license or grant of market access 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.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Secure Space Act of 2023.

2.

Prohibition on grant of certain satellite licenses or United States market access

(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:

10.

Prohibition on grant of certain satellite licenses or United States market access

The Commission may not grant a license for, or a petition for a declaratory ruling to access the United States market using, a non-geostationary orbit satellite system (as defined in section 25.103 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)), if such license or grant of market access would be held or controlled by— (1)an entity that produces or provides any covered communications equipment or service; or (2)an affiliate (as defined in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)) of an entity described in paragraph (1).

. (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 or petition on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.