{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-1338","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 1338","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"SAT Streamlining Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","official_title":"To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide authority for certain licenses, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide authority for certain licenses, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"SAT Streamlining Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"SAT Streamlining Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Satellite And Telecommunications Streamlining Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"SAT Streamlining Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Satellite And Telecommunications Streamlining Act"}],"outcome":"failed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-03-03","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2023-07-25","vote":{"id":"118-2023-h365","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Satellite And Telecommunications Streamlining Act","result":"Failed","yea":250,"nay":163,"present":1,"not_voting":19,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2023/roll365.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 250 - 163, 1 Present (Roll no. 365).","date":"2023-07-25"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-07-25","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Satellite And Telecommunications Streamlining Act or the SAT Streamlining Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise its regulations that govern licenses and grants of U.S. market access for geostationary and non-geostationary orbital satellites. Geostationary orbital satellites maintain a stationary position in orbit while non-geostationary satellites move in relation to the Earth's surface; these satellites may be used to provide broadband and other telecommunications services."},{"k":"p","t":"In particular, the bill specifies deadlines by which the FCC must decide whether to approve an application for a license or grant of market access. Generally, the FCC must make a decision on (1) an initial application or a major modification of an application within one year, (2) a renewal of an application within 180 days, and (3) a minor modification of an application within 90 days. The bill allows the FCC to extend the deadlines in some instances, such as when an application raises national security and law enforcement concerns."},{"k":"p","t":"Furthermore, the FCC regulations must include performance objectives for space safety and orbital debris that are specific, measurable, and technology-neutral."},{"k":"p","t":"The FCC must also include requirements related to the sharing of the electromagnetic spectrum band by licensees and grantees. For example, the FCC must (1) require licensees and grantees to make a good faith effort to coordinate their use of the spectrum with others, and (2) establish a quantifiable level of protection from harmful interference for other authorized users of the spectrum."}],"words":241},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Adds a new section 346 to the Communications Act of 1934 that sets Federal Communications Commission procedures, deadlines and conditions for satellite licenses, grants of market access and earth station authorizations.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1338/text/rh#H91E7872624D046DC93E796F39793C29A"}]},"core_areas":["Deadlines for FCC decisions on satellite licenses, market access grants, renewals and modifications","Space safety and orbital debris performance objectives","Spectrum sharing and protection from harmful interference","Earth station authorizations","National security and law enforcement review of applications with foreign ownership","State and local authority over satellite market entry and rates"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the FCC to decide whether to grant a satellite license application within 1 year after it issues a public notice accepting the application for filing, with extensions allowed only in the cases the text lists.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1338/text/rh#H91E7872624D046DC93E796F39793C29A"}},{"text":"Requires the FCC, within 18 months of enactment, to issue rules amending part 25 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, to set specific, measurable and technology-neutral performance objectives for space safety and orbital debris.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1338/text/rh#H91E7872624D046DC93E796F39793C29A"}},{"text":"Sets a 180-day deadline for the FCC to act on renewal requests and a 90-day deadline for certain minor modification requests, and deems a minor modification granted if the FCC misses its deadline and the licensee gives written notice.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1338/text/rh#H91E7872624D046DC93E796F39793C29A"}},{"text":"Requires licensees and grantees in shared spectrum bands to make a good faith effort to coordinate use of frequencies, and requires the FCC to establish a quantifiable level of protection from harmful interference for other authorized users.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1338/text/rh#H91E7872624D046DC93E796F39793C29A"}},{"text":"Requires the FCC to refer applications and modification requests from entities it determines have reportable foreign ownership to the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector for national security and law enforcement review.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1338/text/rh#H91E7872624D046DC93E796F39793C29A"}},{"text":"Provides that no State or local government may regulate the entry or the rates of applicants, licensees and grantees under the new section, while allowing a State to regulate their other terms and conditions.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1338/text/rh#H91E7872624D046DC93E796F39793C29A"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1338/text/rh#H91E7872624D046DC93E796F39793C29A"},"heading":"Authority regarding certain licenses","effect":"For an 11-year covered period, licenses and market access grants already in effect on the enactment date are not treated as granted under the new licensing subsections, and keep their existing interference protections. A listed frequency range (1617.775 to 1618.725 megahertz) is also exempt from the quantifiable protection requirement.","amount":null,"quote":"a covered authorization shall not be treated as being granted under subsection (b)(1) or subsection (c)(1) (as the case may be)"}]}],"version":{"type":"Reported in House","date":"2023-07-25","rule":"nearest","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1338/text/rh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1338","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1338/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-1338.png","v":"f9a99fda878c","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1338, 118th Congress: SAT Streamlining Act. House: 250 Yea, 163 Nay. Outcome: Failed House, 25 Jul 2023."}}