118th Congress Economics and Public Finance
S. 1245: Defend Our Networks Act
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Summary
This bill requires certain unobligated funds that were provided to address COVID-19 to be transferred to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for carrying out the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program. (Under the program, the FCC reimburses certain providers of advanced communications services for reasonable expenses incurred in the removal, replacement, and disposal of communications equipment and services produced or provided by Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation.)
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- John Hickenlooper D-COOriginal
- John Barrasso R-WY
- John Fetterman D-PA
- James Lankford R-OK
Who scored on this bill
- 1Deb Fischer SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Deb Fischer.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.