[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1273 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1273

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 1999

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 
  unconstitutional 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 1999''.

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

    (a) Revision of Regulations Required.--
            (1) Repeals required.--Within 30 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Commission shall repeal the 
        following provisions of its regulations:
                    (A) section 21.307 (47 C.F.R. 21.307), other than 
                paragraph (a) thereof;
                    (B) section 22.321 (47 C.F.R. 22.321), other than 
                the first undesignated paragraph thereof;
                    (C) section 23.55 (47 C.F.R. 23.55), other than 
                paragraph (a) thereof;
                    (D) section 73.2080 (47 C.F.R. 73.2080), other than 
                paragraph (a) thereof;
                    (E) subpart E of part 76 (47 C.F.R. 76.71 et seq.), 
                other than section 76.73(a);
                    (F) section 90.168 (47 C.F.R. 90.168), other than 
                the first undesignated paragraph thereof; and
                    (G) section 100.51 (47 C.F.R. 100.51), other than 
                paragraph (a) thereof.
            (2) Amendment required.--Within 30 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Commission shall amend section 
        73.3615 of its regulations (47 C.F.R. 73.3615) to eliminate any 
        requirement for the disclosure of race, ethnicity, or gender in 
        the ownership reports required by such section.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 334 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
        U.S.C. 334) is repealed.
            (2) Paragraph (11) of section 396(k) of such Act (47 U.S.C. 
        396(k)(11)) is repealed.
            (3) 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.''.
            (4) 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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