The Federal Communications Commission announced September 8, 2026, that it had fully repaid a $3.08 billion loan drawn from the US Treasury in March 2025 to sustain the agency's Rip-and-Replace reimbursement program. The program, established under the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act, reimburses telecommunications providers for the cost of removing and replacing network equipment manufactured by vendors designated as national-security threats, principally Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation. The June 2026 spectrum auction generated $3.572 billion in winning bids, providing the proceeds for the loan repayment. Congress had initially appropriated approximately $1.9 billion for the program, an amount that covered only roughly 39.5 percent of carriers' approved reimbursement claims; the Treasury loan bridged the remaining gap. Indian telecommunications operators that export services into US carrier infrastructure and use network equipment from listed vendors have been monitoring Rip-and-Replace compliance requirements for their US-side partners.