S503Passed Senate
NET Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-02-10
Introduced
3
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
John W. Hickenlooper
Democrat · CO · Senator
Votes with party: 81.4% (848 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
- Climate & Environment$19k
Full profile: /officials/H000273
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (3)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReported By · 2025-09-29
Previously
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeReported By · 2025-09-29
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeMarkup By · 2025-05-21
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationMarkup By · 2025-05-21
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeReferred To · 2025-02-11
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReferred To · 2025-02-11
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.
Subjects
Science, Technology, Communications
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