[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2881 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2881

      To provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 14, 2009

 Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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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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