On January 8, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a draft report and order under GN No. 25-166, numbered FCC-CIRC2601-02. The draft would add a GG chapter to Part 1 of the FCC regulations and provide for the following main contents:

• Divide the licenses, leases, authorizations, permits, grants and other approvals applicable to foreign adversary control reporting requirements into three types of licensing schedules (A, B and C), of which equipment authorization falls under Schedule A;
• Require the holders of covered authorizations listed in Schedule A to declare to the Commission whether they are controlled by a foreign adversary; Require a declaration to the Committee from the covered authorised holders listed in Schedule B who have confirmed to be controlled by a foreign counterparty; and exempt the Schedule C from the obligation to cover the submission of foreign counterparty control declarations by authorization holders;
• The FCC will establish a corresponding reporting system, which should be completed within 60 days after issuing a notice requesting reporting, and small entities can have a grace period of up to 120 days;
• The threshold to determine "Foreign Adsersary Control" is 10% and the reported ownership threshold is 5%;

FCC management will discuss and vote on this draft at a public meeting on January 29, 2026, and if passed, the report and order will proceed to the final regulatory drafting and release stage. Click this link to view the original draft FCC-CIRC2601-02.