United StatesSecure Space Act of 2026
What it does
This bill prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from granting satellite licenses or earth station authorizations, including U.S. market access for foreign-licensed satellites, to specified foreign entities of concern and their affiliates. (Earth stations, also commonly known as ground stations, are earth-based radio stations that communicate with satellites. A grant of U.S. market access permits one or more foreign-licensed satellites to communicate with one or more U.S.-licensed earth stations.)
More detail
Specifically, the FCC may not grant a satellite license, an earth station authorization, or market access to any entity, or an affiliate thereof, that produces or provides communications equipment or services deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States. (The FCC maintains a list of such equipment and services, known as the Covered List. Providers of such equipment and services include, for example, Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE Corporation.)
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 24Message on Senate action sent to the House.Latest
- Sep 24Received in the House.
- Sep 24Held at the desk.
- Sep 23Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4956; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4956)Passed Senate
- Sep 14Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 119-138.
- Sep 14Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 557.
- Apr 14Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2025
- Jun 5Introduced in Senate
- Jun 5Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.Introduced