3.0.0 6422 2023-01-11T13:42:00Z 2023-01-11T13:42:00Z House HR 2018-07-18 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KINZINGER:H.R. 6422.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce withforeign nations, and among the several States, and with theIndian Tribes;'' and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``Tomake all Laws which shall be necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all otherPowers vested by this Constitution in the Government of theUnited States or in any Department or Officer thereof.''[Page H6558]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2018-07-18T14:03:30Z 2018-07-18 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2018-07-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-07-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000378 Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] Adam Kinzinger R IL 16 N C001096 Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large] Kevin Cramer R ND 0 2018-07-18 True L000576 Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] Billy Long R MO 7 2018-07-18 True G000558 Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] Brett Guthrie R KY 2 2018-07-18 True W000820 Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45] Mimi Walters R CA 45 2018-07-23 False B001284 Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] Susan Brooks R IN W. 5 2018-08-21 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Government information and archives Science, Technology, Communications 00 2018-07-18 Introduced in House 2018-08-28T14:23:42Z Federal Communications Commission Transparency Act

This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from adopting any order, decision, report, or action by vote at a meeting unless it publishes on its website the text of such order, decision, report, or action not later than 21 days before the vote is to occur, except when an emergency requires publication less than 21 days before the vote. The bill also allows an exemption from the publication requirement if publication may result in the disclosure of certain confidential information.

]]> Federal Communications Commission Transparency Act Display Title Federal Communications Commission Transparency Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to publish on the website of the Commission documents to be voted on by the Commission. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Federal Communications Commission Transparency Act Introduced in House 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr6422ih/xml/BILLS-115hr6422ih.xml 2018-07-18 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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.