United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3603 (113th)
To limit the construction on United States soil of satellite positioning ground monitoring stations of foreign governments, and for other purposes.
Introduced
21 November 2013
Last action
24 January 2014 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Sponsors
Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1], Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
6 June 2025
Summary
Prohibits the President from authorizing or permitting the construction of a satellite positioning ground monitoring station directly or indirectly controlled by a foreign government on U.S. soil until the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) jointly certify to Congress that such station will not possess the capability or potential to be used to gather intelligence or improve foreign weapons systems. Directs the Secretary, DNI, and the Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command to jointly report to Congress regarding the use of such stations by foreign governments to gather intelligence or improve the accuracy of missile guidance systems.
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Timeline
21 November 2013
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
21 November 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
21 November 2013
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
24 January 2014
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 21 November 2013 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · D · Sponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/3603
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3603
- us · 113-hr-3603 · source updated 6 June 2025