Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act
Official title: A bill 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: Sen. Deb Fischer R-NEWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2025
- Committee actionApr 30, 2025
- Passed SenateOct 23, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 24, 2025 — Held at the desk.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 259.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 259, Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act” on June 11, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on April 30, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61480
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 259, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d60d35ecaec9740606cfb7782513197a84ed1af5c0e50ed94e0f430d7995afad
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-36 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on July 9, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/36
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 259, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/259
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d60d35ecaec9740606cfb7782513197a84ed1af5c0e50ed94e0f430d7995afad
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
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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.