[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 103 (Thursday, June 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2972]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5883. Mrs. FISCHER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON GRANT OF CERTAIN SATELLITE LICENSES, 
                   UNITED STATES MARKET ACCESS, OR EARTH STATION 
                   AUTHORIZATIONS.

       (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:

     ``SEC. 10. PROHIBITION ON GRANT OF CERTAIN SATELLITE 
                   LICENSES, UNITED STATES MARKET ACCESS, OR EARTH 
                   STATION AUTHORIZATIONS.

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Affiliate.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `affiliate' means an entity 
     that (directly or indirectly) owns or controls, is owned or 
     controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with, 
     another entity.
       ``(B) Own.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term `own' 
     means to have, possess, or otherwise control an equity 
     interest (or the equivalent thereof) of not less than 10 
     percent.
       ``(2) Blanket-licensed earth station.--The term `blanket-
     licensed earth station' means an earth station that is 
     licensed with a geostationary orbit satellite system or a 
     nongeostationary orbit satellite system.
       ``(3) Gateway station.--The term `gateway station' means an 
     earth station or a group of earth stations that--
       ``(A) supports the routing and switching functions of a 
     geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary 
     orbit satellite system;
       ``(B) may also be used for telemetry, tracking, and command 
     transmissions;
       ``(C) does not originate or terminate communication 
     traffic; and
       ``(D) is not for the exclusive use of any customer.
       ``(4) Individually licensed earth station.--The term 
     `individually licensed earth station' means--
       ``(A) an earth station (other than a blanket-licensed earth 
     station) that sends a signal to, and receives a signal from, 
     a geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary 
     orbit satellite system; or
       ``(B) a gateway station.
       ``(b) Prohibition.--The Commission may not grant a license 
     for, or a petition for a declaratory ruling to access the 
     United States market using, 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--
       ``(1) an entity identified on the list published by the 
     Commission under section 2(a); or
       ``(2) an affiliate of an entity described in paragraph (1).
       ``(c) Further Consideration for Secured Networks.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Commission may issue a report 
     assessing supply chain security risks associated with any 
     earth station licensee, geostationary orbit satellite system 
     licensee, nongeostationary orbit satellite system licensee, 
     or entity granted a declaratory ruling to access the United 
     States market using a geostationary orbit satellite system or 
     nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an affiliate of 
     such a licensee or entity, that provides communications 
     equipment designed, developed, manufactured, or assembled by 
     an entity identified on the list published by the Commission 
     under section 2(a).
       ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in paragraph (1) shall 
     be construed to expand or contract the authority of the 
     Commission.''.
       (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, 
     petition, or authorization on or after the date of enactment 
     of this Act.
       (c) Rules.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission 
     shall issue rules to implement section 10 of the Secure and 
     Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, as added by 
     subsection (a).
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