,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #cbh #aaith ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #ccfj ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,december #d1 #bjbe,ms4 ,rosen 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,mc,cormick1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 and ,mr4 ,cornyn7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations ,february #aj1 #bjbf,reported by ,mr4 ,risch1 with an amendment,strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic ,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 ,relations of the ,senate and the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of ,representatives a report that updates and supplements the report required under section #eabd of the ,national ,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjbe 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #hged;a74 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#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #hged;a71 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 #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 ,relations of the ,senate and the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of ,representatives a report that updates and supplements the report required under section #eabd of the ,national ,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjbe 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #hged;a74 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#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #hged;a71 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 7#e7 ,an analysis of the effectiveness of low-,earth-orbit 7,,leo7 satellite internet constellation systems in providing accessible internet to ,iranians during the ,january #bjbf ,iranian protests1 the needs of ,iranian civil society in being able to ensure reliable access to such systems when the ,government of ,iran cuts access to the internet1 existing capabilities of ,,leo satellite internet constellation systems in circumventing jamming1 the per user cost of providing ,,leo satellite internet constellation systems1 and recommendations for technology improvements to ,,leo satellite internet constellation systems to be able to resist jamming technologies to ensure the ,iranian people's access to the global internet4 ,this analysis should also include an assessment of physical and digital security vulnerabilities for ,,leo satellite internet users in ,iran and recommendations for how to mitigate those concerns4 ,the analysis and assessment shall have a classified annex4 7#f7 ,an assessment of the feasibility of including readily available commercial off-the-shelf technologies to be eligible for the grant program outlined in section #eabd of the ,national ,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjbe 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #hged;a7 that-- 7,a7 could facilitate unrestricted access to the global internet in ,iran2 7,b7 could be integrated into already available commercial technologies that civil society and the people of ,iran have access to2 7,c7 could reasonably shield the personal data of users from the ,government of ,iran2 and 7,d7 has some degree of resilience against countermeasures that the ,government of ,iran could employ when cutting off the global internet4 7c7 ,form ,the report required by subsection 7a7 shall be submitted in unclassified form1 but may include a classified annex4 ,february #aj1 #bjbf,reported with an amendment