3.0.0 611 2020-02-12T18:56:16Z 2020-02-12T18:56:16Z Senate S S 2011-03-17 112 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-17T17:04:28Z FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act 112 2102 HR 2011-06-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Related bill CRS 2011-03-17 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2011-03-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1832-1833) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2011-03-17 True Science, Technology, Communications Executive agency funding and structure Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Science, Technology, Communications 00 2011-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2011-04-06T15:14:10Z FCC Technical Expertise Capacity Heightening Act or the FCC TECH Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to permit each commissioner to appoint an electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide technical consultation and to interface with the Office of Engineering and Technology and other Federal Communications Commission (FCC) bureaus and technical staff.

Directs the FCC Chairman to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to complete a specified study of, and report on, FCC technical policy decisionmaking and the technical personnel at the FCC.

Requires the FCC to biennially (currently, annually) review and report on competitive market conditions with respect to domestic and international satellite communications services.

]]> FCC Technical Expertise Capacity Heightening Act Short Titles as Introduced FCC Technical Expertise Capacity Heightening Act Short Titles as Introduced FCC TECH Act Display Title FCC Technical Expertise Capacity Heightening Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s611is/xml/BILLS-112s611is.xml 2011-03-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.