Washington, D.C. - Today, the bipartisan Countering CCP Drones Act and the bipartisan Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency (FACT) Act introduced by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik advanced through the House Energy and Commerce’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee unanimously. Passage during today’s markup sets these bills up for consideration by the full House Energy and Commerce Committee.
“The advancement of my bills the Countering CCP Drones Act and the FACT Act should send a clear message to Communist China that House Republicans will use every tool at our disposal to stop them from undermining America’s sovereignty,” said Congresswoman Elise Stefanik. “Communist China is using their monopolistic control over the drone market and telecommunications infrastructure to target Americans’ data and closely surveil our critical infrastructure. It is critical that we continue to advance both of my bills to counter these threats and strengthen America’s national security.”
“I applaud Congresswoman Stefanik’s strong leadership and thoughtful work to counter the malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party and other authoritarian state actors. We know that the CCP is engaged in a widespread and coordinated campaign to surveil Americans and they are using every tool at their disposal to advance their malign goals. So I am pleased to see her legislation taking this next step and am thankful to see it has earned the strong bipartisan support of her colleagues,” said Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr.
The Countering CCP Drones Act introduced with Select Committee on the CCP Chairman Mike Gallagher would add Chinese drone company Da-Jiang Innovations (DJI) to the FCC Covered List, meaning that DJI technologies would be prohibited from operating on U.S. communications infrastructure.
The Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency (FACT) Act introduced alongside Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Select Committee on the CCP Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-WI) would counter the influence of China and other foreign adversaries on the United States’ telecommunications infrastructure. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has introduced a companion in the Senate.
Read the full text of the Countering CCP Drones Act here.
Read the full text of the Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency (FACT) Act here.
