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HR8255119th CongressWALLET

SAT Streamlining Act

Sponsored By: Representative Guthrie

Introduced

Summary

This bill would create a centralized, time‑bound licensing and market‑access regime for nongeostationary (NGSO) and geostationary (GSO) satellite systems and their earth stations. It pairs firm processing timelines and performance requirements with limits on information requests, national security review for reportable foreign ownership, and a prohibition on state and local regulation of rates.

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  • Satellite operators would need to file performance metrics and generally receive licensing or market‑access decisions within 1 year after acceptance for filing. Licenses and market access grants could have initial terms up to 15 years.
  • Earth‑station applicants would get clearer, faster deadlines and tighter limits on follow‑up information. Decisions would be due within 1 year for standard stations and within 30 days for receive‑only stations, and missed deadlines can trigger a deemed‑granted remedy.
  • The bill would require the FCC to adopt Part 25 rule changes within 12 months and set reportable foreign ownership standards. Applications involving reportable foreign ownership would be referred to the national security review committee, and states could not regulate rates for these services.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Faster FCC deadlines and grants

This bill would force the FCC to check whether your satellite application is complete within 30 days. If the FCC accepts your filing, it would have one year to grant or deny most NGSO/GSO license and market access applications. If the FCC misses those deadlines and you give written notice, your filing would be deemed granted. Extensions would be rare, public, limited to 90 days, and normally allowed no more than twice.

Easier temporary operations and NGSO notices

The bill would let the FCC extend a 60‑day Special Temporary Authority (STA) that was requested with a regular application while that application stays pending. The FCC could do this on its own motion and without putting the STA on public notice while the application is pending. The bill would also let NGSO operators add an authorized space station to an authorized ground station by just notifying the FCC, so long as no other ground station parameters change.

Definitions and renewal rules for satellites

This bill would add a new Section 346 that defines who and what is covered for certain satellite licenses and earth stations. It would treat pending applications and existing authorizations as "covered" where specified. The bill would also make Section 346 authorizations subject to the FCC's usual renewal rules, so renewals would follow the same standards that apply to other licenses.

FCC Part 25 updates and data limits

The bill would require the FCC to update Part 25 rules within 12 months. The rules would list which modifications get fast treatment, set how to notify the FCC about changes, promote competition and spectrum efficiency, and define "reportable foreign ownership." The bill would also limit FCC information requests to only what is strictly necessary and require the Commission to decide related petitions within 90 days.

Security review for foreign-owned filers

The bill would require the FCC to send filings from entities with "reportable foreign ownership" to the national security review committee for law‑enforcement and security checks. The FCC could also refer other filings to that committee at its discretion. This would add an extra, mandatory review step for some applicants and could slow or condition approvals for those firms.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Guthrie

KY • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 4/14/2026

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