H.R. 2458 · Passed House · Science, Technology, Communications

Secure Space Act of 2025

Sponsor: Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)

What it does

• Prohibits the FCC from granting satellite licenses, earth station authorizations, or U.S. market access for foreign-licensed satellites to specified foreign entities of concern and their affiliates.
• Applies to any entity that produces or provides communications equipment or services deemed an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security.
• Ties the ban to the FCC's Covered List, which includes providers such as Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation.

Official summary

Secure Space Act of 2025 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.) 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.)

Latest action

Apr 29, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Committee: Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation