S 503introduced119th Congress

NET Act

Introduced Feb 10, 2025Senate billPolicy area: Science, Technology, CommunicationsLast action Nov 10, 2025Sponsor: John W. Hickenlooper(D-CO)

technologyScience, Technology, Communications

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Nov 10, 2025

What the bill does

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.

Latest official action

Held at the desk.

Lobbying Filings Citing It

$15.9M

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Feb 10, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 7, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION

Apr 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION

Apr 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION

Jul 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION

Jul 21, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Nov 10, 2025Floor

Received in the House.

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Nov 10, 2025Floor

Held at the desk.

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Nov 7, 2025Floor

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

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Nov 4, 2025Floor

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7904-7905; text: CR S7905)

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Nov 4, 2025Floor

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION	CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION	$5.3M	Apr 21, 2025	2025Q1	BUDCSPDEF
CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION	CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION	$4.0M	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	BUDCSPDEF
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION

About this page

The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.