A bipartisan Senate bill would direct the Federal Communications Commission not to sign off on any applications from companies on its national security threats list, including Huawei, after one of the commissioners pushed for a bigger crackdown on Chinese Communist Party-linked companies in the United States.
The new legislation, the Secure Equipment Act of 2021, co-sponsored by Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Sen. Ed Markey, would mandate that the FCC no longer review or approve business requests from entities on the FCC’s designated list, with the Senate offices saying this would “prevent further integration and sales” of Huawei and other Chinese state-backed firms inside the U.S. “regardless of whether federal funds are involved.”
