The record

LegislationLegislation· Sep 2024
HR 820

Sponsored by Elise M. Stefanik (R)

Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act

Would have required the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish a list of licensed firms with foreign-government ties.

Tradeoff

Would have made FCC license holders with ties to China, Russia, and four other countries public. Would have required yearly updates to that list.

What's in it

See official bill text
H.R. 820, Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Actwww.cbo.gov/publication/60488 · Jul 2024

The House passed this bill by on September 9, 2024. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Feb 2, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Energy and Commerce(Feb 2, 2023)

  3. House

    The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 44 - 0(Mar 20, 2024)

    Committee report H. Rept. 118-489.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Sep 9, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    Received(Sep 10, 2024)