Groups Press Congress for 'Swift Passage' of SAT Streamlining Act

Industry groups are pressing Congress to rapidly pass the Satellite and Telecommunications Streamlining Act (HR-8255/S-3639), which would mandate FCC reform of satellite licensing with shot-clock deadlines and deemed-granted provisions to eliminate regulatory bottlenecks. If you're building a satellite network or comms payload, the FCC's licensing bottleneck that has cost you 18-24 months just got a hard deadline with automatic approval if they miss it. The House and Senate are aligning the bills this month—file your application while the old regime is still in place, or wait two weeks and file under the new one with teeth.