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NET Act

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This Act may be cited as the Network Equipment Transparency Act or the NET Act.
Section 13(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 163(b)) is amended—
by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and
by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
assess, to the extent that data is available to the Commission, how the availability of network equipment may have impacted the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability during the applicable reporting period;
Nothing in the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to require any provider of advanced telecommunications capability to provide the Federal Communications Commission more information than was required for the purpose of section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 163) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
Section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 163), as amended by subsection (a), is amended—
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking (3) and inserting (4); and
in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking (4) and inserting (5);
in subsection (c), by striking (b)(4) and inserting (b)(5); and
in subsection (d)(3), by striking (b)(3) and inserting (b)(4).

Legislative Timeline

11 actions
  1. Nov 10, 2025 House
    Received in the House.
  2. Nov 10, 2025 House
    Held at the desk.
  3. Nov 7, 2025 Senate
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  4. Nov 4, 2025
    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  5. Nov 4, 2025 Senate
    Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7904-7905; text: CR S7905)
  6. Sep 29, 2025
    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-66.
  7. Sep 29, 2025 Senate
    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-66.
  8. Sep 29, 2025 Senate
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 171.
  9. May 21, 2025 Senate
    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  10. Feb 10, 2025
    Introduced in Senate
  11. Feb 10, 2025 Senate
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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