119-s1962

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1962 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1962

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.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 5, 2025

Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Mr. Lujan) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
 Science, and Transportation

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 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 
 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.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Space Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. 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;
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            (C) does not originate or terminate communication 
 traffic; and
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            (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 that produces or provides any covered 
 communications equipment or service; or
 ``

    (2) an affiliate 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, 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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