Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act
Official title: A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to publish a list of entities that hold authorizations, licenses, or other grants of authority issued by… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to publish a list of entities that hold authorizations, licenses, or other grants of authority issued by the Commission and that have certain foreign ownership, and for other purposes.
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Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to annually publish a list of entities that hold a license or other authorization granted by the FCC and have ties to specified foreign countries.
With respect to entities holding cable landing licenses (for the placement and operation of submarine communications cables) or other licenses granted via competitive auction, the FCC must publish a list of all such entities (1) in which a covered entity holds a specified voting or equity interest, or (2) that have been determined by a national security agency to be subject to the control of a covered entity.
With respect to entities holding all other categories of FCC licenses or other authorizations, the FCC must first issue rules facilitating the collection of information on such licensees’ ownership structure. After that information is obtained, the FCC must add to the published list any such entity in which a covered entity holds a specified voting or equity interest.
Under the bill, a covered entity is defined as an entity organized in China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia; a subsidiary of such an entity; or the government of China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia.
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- COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
- COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
- COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
- LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
- COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
- MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- White House Office
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)
- Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 259: Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-259/
"S. 259: Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-259/.
S. 259, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-259/.
[S. 259: Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-259/)