House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act
Official title: To direct the Federal Communications Commission to publish a list of entities that hold authorizations, licenses, or other grants of authority issued by the Commission and that have certain foreign ownership, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Wittman R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
- Committee actionApr 8, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 28, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2025 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 906.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 906, Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act” on June 27, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61518
- CBO publication date
- June 27, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 906, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/906
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-73 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 24, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/73
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 906, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/906
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 21, January 31, 2025, Page H434):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2025 ↗
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- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 906, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/906
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
283985cd045d9c910b6f1cb9eca1db738fa5051e35c101384d9cb7049fa9315b
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Kathy Castor (D-FL), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.