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Satellite And Telecommunications Streamlining Act or the SAT Streamlining Act
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revise its regulations that govern licenses and grants of U.S. market access for geostationary and non-geostationary orbital satellites. Geostationary orbital satellites maintain a stationary position in orbit while non-geostationary satellites move in relation to the Earth's surface; these satellites may be used to provide broadband and other telecommunications services.
In particular, the bill specifies deadlines by which the FCC must decide whether to approve an application for a license or grant of market access. Generally, the FCC must make a decision on (1) an initial application or a major modification of an application within one year, (2) a renewal of an application within 180 days, and (3) a minor modification of an application within 90 days. The bill allows the FCC to extend the deadlines in some instances, such as when an application raises national security and law enforcement concerns.
Furthermore, the FCC regulations must include performance objectives for space safety and orbital debris that are specific, measurable, and technology-neutral.
The FCC must also include requirements related to the sharing of the electromagnetic spectrum band by licensees and grantees. For example, the FCC must (1) require licensees and grantees to make a good faith effort to coordinate their use of the spectrum with others, and (2) establish a quantifiable level of protection from harmful interference for other authorized users of the spectrum.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1338 as reported to House on Jul 25, 2023. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Jul 25, 2023
Satellite And Telecommunications Streamlining Act
Failed · Two-thirds required
250 Yea 163 Nay 19 not voting · 1 present
Crossed both parties 137 of 413 voting members broke with their own party: 87 Democrats, 50 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1338 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 1338 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
80 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-04. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.