{"id":49037,"date":"2025-06-09T19:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T11:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/senators-introduce-legislation-dealing-with-satellite-systems-and-national-security\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T19:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T11:53:27","slug":"senators-introduce-legislation-dealing-with-satellite-systems-and-national-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/senators-introduce-legislation-dealing-with-satellite-systems-and-national-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators Introduce Legislation Dealing With Satellite Systems and National Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>A bipartisan pair of Senators introduced legislation last week that lawmakers said would prevent foreign adversaries from accessing and compromising American satellite systems.<\/p>\n<p>Senators Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, D-N.M., co-led the bill, the \u201cSecure Space Act of 2025,\u201d introduced on June 5.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If passed, the legislation would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from \u201cgranting satellite licenses or U.S. market access for foreign-licensed satellite systems to any entity or its affiliates that produce or provide communications equipment or services deemed a national security risk.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This bill amends the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 to include both Geostationary (GEO) and Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite systems and gateway stations. Companion legislation passed the U.S. House on April 28.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmericans rely on crucial communications services provided by our satellite systems now more than ever. That\u2019s why we must prevent foreign adversaries like Communist China and Russia from undermining our ability to utilize these services safely and reliably. My bill strengthens our communications infrastructure against these vulnerabilities to make Americans\u2019 network access more secure,\u201d Fischer said in a release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Luj\u00e1n commented that the bill would help \u201cdefend our communications networks from foreign entities that seek to hijack our future.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan pair of Senators introduced legislation last week that lawmakers said would prevent foreign adversaries from accessing and compromising American satellite systems. Senators Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n, D-N.M., co-led the bill, the \u201cSecure Space Act of 2025,\u201d introduced on June 5.&nbsp; If passed, the legislation would prohibit the Federal Communications Commission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}