Fischer Leads Refiling of Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act
Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., led refiling Monday of the Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act. The measure, which the House passed last year (see 2409100039), would require the FCC to publish a list of communications companies holding FCC licenses or other…
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authorizations in which China and other foreign adversaries’ governments possess 10% or more ownership. House leaders also included the measure’s language in an unsuccessful December continuing resolution (see 2412180033). Rep. Thomas Kean, R-N.J., and three other lawmakers plan to bow a House companion, Fischer’s office said. “Authoritarian regimes like China and Russia are actively working to undermine the security of our domestic communications,” Fischer said in a statement. “My bill will better position the FCC to evaluate the risks foreign ties pose to America’s national security so that we can respond to these network infrastructure threats.”