[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4809 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4809

      To provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2010

 Mr. McNerney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
      To provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners.

    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 ``FCC Commissioners' Technical 
Resource Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF TECHNICAL STAFF.

    Section 4(f)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
154(f)(2)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the 
following new sentence: ``Each commissioner may also appoint an 
electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide the commissioner 
technical consultation when appropriate and to interface with the 
Office of Engineering and Technology, Commission Bureaus, and other 
technical staff of the Commission for additional technical input and 
resources, provided that such engineer or scientist holds an 
undergraduate or graduate degree from an institution of higher 
education in their respective field of expertise.''.
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