[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4759 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4759

 To require the Federal Communications Commission to repeal redundant 
   reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 9, 1998

Mr. Oxley (for himself, and Mr. Hall of Texas) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Federal Communications Commission to repeal redundant 
   reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Communications Personnel Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REDUNDANT REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Repeal of Regulations Required.--Section 4 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(p) Within 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Commission shall repeal the following provisions of its 
regulations:
            ``(1) section 21.307 (47 C.F.R. 21.307), other than 
        paragraph (a) thereof;
            ``(2) section 22.321 (47 C.F.R. 22.321), other than the 
        first undesignated paragraph thereof;
            ``(3) section 23.55 (47 C.F.R. 23.55), other than paragraph 
        (a) thereof;
            ``(4) section 73.2080 (47 C.F.R. 73.2080), other than 
        paragraph (a) thereof;
            ``(5) subpart E of part 76 (47 C.F.R. 76.71 et seq.), other 
        than section 76.73(a);
            ``(6) section 90.168 (47 C.F.R. 90.168), other than the 
        first undesignated paragraph thereof; and
            ``(7) section 100.51 (47 C.F.R. 100.51), other than 
        paragraph (a) thereof.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Paragraph (11) of section 396(k) of the Communications 
        Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(11)) is repealed.
            (2) Section 398(b) of such Act (47 U.S.C. 398(b)) is 
        amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Equal opportunity in employment shall be afforded to all 
persons by the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio 
(or any successor organization) and by all public telecommunications 
entities receiving funds pursuant to subpart C, and no person shall be 
subjected to discrimination in employment by any recipient on the 
grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex.''.
            (3) Section 634 of such Act (47 U.S.C. 554) is amended by 
        striking subsections (c) through (i).

SEC. 3. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION BY COMMISSION PROHIBITED.

    Section 4 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(q) The Commission shall not discriminate in employment, or grant 
any preference in employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, 
national origin, age, or sex.''.

SEC. 4. SAVINGS PROVISION.

    Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be 
construed to amend, limit, or otherwise affect the provisions of any 
law relating to employment discrimination, other than the provisions of 
the Communications Act of 1934 amended by this Act.
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