[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2289 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2289

     To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to reform the Federal 
  Communications Commission by requiring an analysis of benefits and 
                 costs during the rule making process.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to reform the Federal 
  Communications Commission by requiring an analysis of benefits and 
                 costs during the rule making process.

    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 `ABCs' Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ANALYSIS OF BENEFITS AND COSTS IN FCC RULE MAKING PROCESS.

    (a) In General.--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) The Commission shall include in each notice of proposed rule 
making and in each final rule issued by the Commission an analysis of 
the benefits and costs of the proposed rule or final rule, 
respectively.''.
    (b) No Additional Appropriations Authorized.--The amendment made by 
subsection (a) does not authorize any appropriations for the express 
purpose, in whole or in part, of carrying out such amendment.
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