Cybersecurity Policy Report, Pallone, Guthrie Offer Bill to Ensure Security of Satellites, (Mar 31, 2025)

By Lynn Stanton

Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has introduced a bill (HR 2458) to amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to prohibit the FCC “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.”

Rep. Brett Guthrie (R., Ky.), the chairman of the committee, is the bill’s co-sponsor. The bill has been referred to the Commerce Committee.

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