,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #d1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,min 7for himself1 ,ms4       
,tenney1 ,ms4 ,ansari1 ,ms4 ,salazar1   
,mr4 ,goldman of ,new ,york1 ,mr4       
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,subramanyam1 ,mr4   
,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,walkinshaw1 ,mr4      
,wittman1 ,mr4 ,swalwell1 ,mr4 ,mills1  
and ,mr4 ,sherman7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require a report on internet
 freedom in ,iran4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,feasibility ,review of ,emerging       
,equipment for ,digital ,open ,media    
,act or the ,,freedom ,act4  #b4 ,report
 on internet freedom in ,iran  7a7 ,in  
general ,not later than #abj days after 
the date of the enactment of the ,act1  
the ,secretary of ,state1 in            
consultation with the ,federal          
,communications ,commission and the     
,department of the ,treasury1 shall     

prepare and submit to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate a    
report that updates and supplements the 
report required under section #eabd of  
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjbe 7,public   
,law #aah-aei74  7b7  ,additional       
matters ,to be included  ,updates to the
 strategy required in section #eabd of  
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjbe 7,public   
,law #aah-aei71 shall also include the  
following3  7#a7 ,an assessment of the  
feasibility of using direct-to-cell     
wireless communications technologies to 
expand internet access for the people of
 ,iran1 including technical1 regulatory1
 and security considerations4  7#b7 ,an 
analysis of how drone-based platforms1  
signal jamming technologies1 and related
 countermeasures could impact the       
feasibility1 security1 economics1 and   
resilience of such direct-to-cell       

wireless communications4  7#c7 ,a survey
 of terrestrial and non-terrestrial     
telecommunications service providers    
currently active in ,iran1 including--  
7,a7 whether such providers are         
state-owned or state-controlled2  7,b7  
the extent of foreign participation or  
investment in such providers2 and  7,c7 
the implications of such ownership and  
control for communications freedom and  
censorship4  7#d7 ,any other relevant   
information to assess the opportunities 
and risks associated with terrestrial   
and non-terrestrial communications      
technologies in ,iran4  7c7 ,form ,the  
report required by subsection 7a7 shall 
be submitted in unclassified form1 but  
may include a classified annex4