3.0.0 1379 2023-01-11T13:24:22Z 2023-01-11T13:24:22Z Senate S S 2013-07-29 113 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-07-29T18:46:07Z Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 113 2844 HR 2013-09-10 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Identical bill CRS 2013-07-29 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2013-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2014-04-29 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Competition and antitrust Congressional oversight Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Government information and archives Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Small business Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2013-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2013-08-19T21:25:00Z Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish on its website and submit to Congress a biennial report on the state of the communications marketplace assessing: (1) competition, including intermodal, facilities-based, and new and emergent services competition and addressing the provision of content, as well as communications using the Internet; (2) deployment of communications capabilities, including whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion; and (3) whether laws, regulations, or regulatory practices pose a barrier to competitive entry or expansion of existing providers of communications services.

Requires the FCC to: (1) compile a list of geographic areas that are not served by any provider of advanced telecommunications capability; and (2) consider market entry barriers for entrepreneurs and other small businesses in the communications marketplace in accordance with existing national policy favoring diversity of media voices, vigorous economic competition, technological advancement, and promotion of the public interest, convenience, and necessity.

Repeals and consolidates various FCC reports including reports on satellite competition, international broadband, video programming, cable industry prices, small business entry barriers, commercial mobile radio, waivers from requirements prohibiting FCC employees from being financially interested in companies subject to FCC regulation, and several other existing reports under such Act.

]]> Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 Display Title Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to consolidate the reporting obligations of the Federal Communications Commission in order to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1379is/xml/BILLS-113s1379is.xml 2013-07-29 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.