Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
The Secure Space Act of 2025 amends the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to bar the FCC from approving U.S. market access, satellite system licenses, or earth station authorizations for geostationary or nongeostationary satellite systems when those authorizations would be held or controlled by an entity that produces or provides any "covered communications equipment or service" or by an affiliate of such an entity.
It defines individually licensed and blanket-licensed earth stations and gateway stations, makes the prohibition effective on enactment, and requires the FCC to issue implementing rules within one year.
Targeted security measure with bipartisan appeal but significant regulatory impact and likely Senate procedural and stakeholder resistance.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear, narrowly drafted substantive statutory prohibition inserted into the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, with defined terms and a specific implementing agency and deadline. It integrates with existing statutory definitions but leaves several implementation-relevant details unspecified.
Security benefits versus economic and competition impacts.
Security benefits versus economic and competition impacts.
Likely supportive overall as a national-security and supply-chain protection measure that limits risky foreign-controlled equipment in space-based telecommunications.
May raise equity concerns about rural broadband access and want safeguards to prevent unintended exclusion of trusted providers.
Cautiously favorable to the security intent but concerned about legal clarity, economic effects, and implementation.
Will look for narrow, well-defined rules, transition provisions, and impact assessments to avoid unintended market disruption.
Mixed reaction: supports protecting national security from adversary-controlled vendors but worries about federal overreach into commercial satellite markets.
Likely skeptical of broad prohibitions that may hinder U.S. industry competitiveness.
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Targeted security measure with bipartisan appeal but significant regulatory impact and likely Senate procedural and stakeholder resistance.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Security benefits versus economic and competition impacts.
Targeted security measure with bipartisan appeal but significant regulatory impact and likely Senate procedural and stakeholder resistance.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a clear, narrowly drafted substantive statutory prohibition inserted into the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, with defined terms and a spec…
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