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HR 906 · 119th CongressIntroduced

List of foreign-owned FCC license holders

Tech & Telecom

Sponsored by Robert J. Wittman

The vote
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Worked the bill
$512M
24 groups · their total 2025 lobbying
In the distance
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Summary

What the bill does

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish a list of companies that hold FCC licenses and have ownership ties to certain foreign countries, such as China or Russia. The FCC must also create rules to identify other license holders with similar foreign ownership and update the list every year.

Why it matters

The stakes

The bill aims to make public which companies with FCC licenses are owned or controlled by foreign adversaries. This could affect telecommunications and broadcasting companies with foreign investors, and it raises questions about national security and business transparency.

Major public companies this covers
  • AT&TT
  • VerizonVZ
  • ComcastCMCSA
  • T-Mobile USTMUS
The debate

What each side says

Supporters
  • The bill increases transparency by revealing which FCC license holders have ties to foreign adversaries, helping protect national security.bill
  • It requires the FCC to regularly update the list, ensuring the public has current information about foreign ownership.bill
Critics
  • The bill exempts the FCC from the Paperwork Reduction Act, which could lead to burdensome information requests without proper oversight.bill

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Follow the money

From this bill outward

The bill

where every tie is measured from
HR 906List of foreign-owned FCC license holdersTech & Telecom

Who paid lobbyists to work it

Direct tie24 groups · their total 2025 lobbying
GroupIssues2025 lobbying
(all issues)		Has PAC?
COMCAST CORPORATION›Named in billTechBankingOther$13M✓CCPAC
T-MOBILE USA, INC.›Named in billTechBankingOther$11M✓TUIPACT
STATE OF LOC NATION GLOBAL PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION›AdvocacyOtherBanking$80M✗No PAC
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.›EnergyBankingForeign$70M✗No PAC
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA›HealthTechForeign$38M✓PRAMAOAP
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE INC›EnergyBankingHealth$34M✗No PAC
META PLATFORMS, INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES›TechSports & MediaBanking$26M✗No PAC
AARP›BankingHealthTech$21M✗No PAC

Election money, in the distance

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