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Protecting Our Communications Networks by Promoting Transparency Regarding Foreign Adversary Control
The Federal Communications Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on June 20, 2025. Comments closed on July 21, 2025.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes to protect the Nation's communications networks against foreign adversary threats by proposing to expand foreign ownership disclosure requirements for covered Commission-issued licenses and authorizations. The proposed certification and information collection requirements would fill gaps in the Commission's existing rules and give the Commission, and the public, a new and comprehensive view of threats from foreign adversaries in the communications sector. Specifically, the Commission proposes to apply new certification and disclosure requirements on entities holding every type of license, permit, or authorization, rather than only certain specific licenses, as the Commission currently does. Furthermore, the Commission proposes to go beyond foreign ownership to also cover all regulated entities controlled by or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-11360
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- June 20, 2025
- Comments due
- July 21, 2025
- Dates
- Comments are due on or before July 21, 2025, and reply comments are due on or before August 19, 2025.
- Docket
- GN Docket No. 25-166; FCC 25-28; FR ID 299066
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 1; 47 CFR 2; 47 CFR 13; 47 CFR 15; 47 CFR 17; 47 CFR 22; 47 CFR 24; 47 CFR 25; 47 CFR 26; 47 CFR 27; 47 CFR 30; 47 CFR 52; 47 CFR 54; 47 CFR 63; 47 CFR 64; 47 CFR 73; 47 CFR 76; 47 CFR 80; 47 CFR 87; 47 CFR 88; 47 CFR 90; 47 CFR 95; 47 CFR 96; 47 CFR 97; 47 CFR 101
- Pages
- 22
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