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NET Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-02-10
Introduced
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John W. Hickenlooper
John W. Hickenlooper
Democrat · CO · Senator
Votes with party: 58.0% (319 recorded votes)

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Held at the desk.

2025-11-10

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Plain-English Summary

Network Equipment Transparency Act or the NET Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to report biennially on the impact of network equipment availability on the deployment of advanced telecommunications capabilities (i.e., broadband). This assessment must be included in the FCC’s reports on the state of the communications marketplace, which are submitted to Congress and published publicly every other year.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

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Science, Technology, Communications
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