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Held at the desk
NET Act
- Federal
- Senate
- Introduced Feb 10, 2025
- Session 119
Bill Text
Version ESThis 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).
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-
Received in the House.
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Held at the desk.
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Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
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Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7904-7905; text: CR S7905)
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-66.
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz without amendment. With written report No. 119-66.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 171.
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.