NET Act
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1Short title
This section would let the Act be cited as the Network Equipment Transparency Act or the NET Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Network Equipment Transparency Act or the NET Act .
2Telecommunications supply chain consideration
This section would amend section 13(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 163(b)), which lists what the Federal Communications Commission must include in its periodic report on the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability. It would add a new paragraph requiring the Commission to assess, to the extent that data is available to it, how the availability of network equipment may have affected the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability during the applicable reporting period. To make room for the new paragraph, the section would renumber the existing paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of section 13(b) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6). The section would also state that this amendment does not require any provider of advanced telecommunications capability to give the Commission more information than section 13 already required the day before this Act's enactment. Finally, the section would update other cross-references in section 13 to match the new numbering: the paragraph now numbered (5) (formerly (4)) would have its internal reference to (3) changed to (4); the paragraph now numbered (6) (formerly (5)) would have its internal reference to (4) changed to (5); subsection (c) of section 13 would have its reference to (b)(4) changed to (b)(5); and subsection (d)(3) of section 13 would have its reference to (b)(3) changed to (b)(4).
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2. Telecommunications supply chain consideration (a) In general Section 13(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 163(b) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) assess, to the extent that data is available to the Commission, how the availability of network equipment may have impacted the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability during the applicable reporting period; . (b) Rule of construction Nothing in the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to require any provider of advanced telecommunications capability to provide the Federal Communications Commission more information than was required for the purpose of section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 163 ) as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Technical and conforming amendments Section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 163 ), as amended by subsection (a), is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking (3) and inserting (4) ; and (B) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking (4) and inserting (5) ; (2) in subsection (c), by striking (b)(4) and inserting (b)(5) ; and (3) in subsection (d)(3), by striking (b)(3) and inserting (b)(4) . Passed the Senate November 4, 2025. Secretary
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