Secure Space Act of 2025
Latest action · Apr 29, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 28, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.)
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 27, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Original | Mar 27, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2025Markup Apr 8, 2025Reported Apr 24, 2025 |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Apr 29, 2025 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Apr 28, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1652-1653)
- Apr 28, 2025Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 28, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2458.
- Apr 28, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1652)
- Apr 28, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 24, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-65.
- Apr 24, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 42.
- Apr 8, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 8, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 52 - 1.
- Mar 27, 2025Introduced in House
- Mar 27, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1652, H1653Text printed H1652 | Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL | Apr 28, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 27, 2025H.R. 2458, Secure Space Act of 2025As passed by the House of Representatives
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 56, March 27, 2025, page H1339.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1768 | Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act | Related bill | Mar 3, 2025 |
| S 1962 | Secure Space Act of 2026 | Related bill | Sep 24, 2026 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from granting a license or United States market access for a geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an authorization to use an individually licensed earth station or a blanket-licensed earth station, if the license, grant of market access, or authorization would be held or controlled by an entity that produces or provides any covered communications equipment or service or an affiliate of such an entity, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Secure Space Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Secure Space Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Secure Space Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Secure Space Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from granting a license or United States market access for a geostationary orbit satellite system or a nongeostationary orbit satellite system, or an authorization to use an individually licensed earth station or a blanket-licensed earth station, if the license, grant of market access, or authorization would be held or controlled by an entity that produces or provides any covered communications equipment or service or an affiliate of such an entity, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 29, 2025Referred in Senate
- Apr 28, 2025Engrossed in House
- Apr 24, 2025Reported in House
- Mar 27, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
