[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2817 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2817

 To assign the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis of the 
   Federal Communications Commission the responsibility of bringing 
    institutional focus to the important function of approving new 
   technologies and improving regulatory certainty at the Commission.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 16, 2014

 Mrs. Fischer 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 assign the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis of the 
   Federal Communications Commission the responsibility of bringing 
    institutional focus to the important function of approving new 
   technologies and improving regulatory certainty at the Commission.

    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 ``Helping Innovation and Reviving 
Entrepreneurship Act of 2014'' or the ``HIRE Act''.

SEC. 2. NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 7 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 157) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `Office' 
        means the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis of 
        the Commission.
            ``(2) Duties relating to new technologies and services.--
        The Office shall--
                    ``(A) take steps to ensure that the Commission 
                complies with each deadline under subsection (b);
                    ``(B) review each regulation proposed by the 
                Commission and analyze the impact of the regulation on 
                innovation, economic growth, and job creation; and
                    ``(C) perform any other duty assigned by the 
                Commission.
            ``(3) Staffing.--
                    ``(A) Consultation with staff.--The Office shall 
                consult with staff from the following offices and 
                bureaus of the Commission as necessary to carry out the 
                duties of the Office under paragraph (2):
                            ``(i) The Office of Engineering and 
                        Technology.
                            ``(ii) The Office of Communications 
                        Business Opportunities.
                            ``(iii) Any other office or bureau the 
                        Office determines appropriate.
                    ``(B) No increase in number of full-time 
                employees.--Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be 
                construed to authorize the Commission to increase the 
                total full-time equivalent number of employees of the 
                Commission to provide consultation to the Office.
    ``(d) Report on Deadlines.--If the Commission fails to comply with 
a deadline under subsection (b) with respect to a petition, 
application, or proceeding, not later than 7 days after the deadline 
and every 14 days thereafter until the Commission complies with the 
deadline, the Commission shall publish and submit to the chairperson 
and ranking member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives and the chairperson and ranking member of the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 
letter that--
            ``(1) identifies the petition, application, or proceeding;
            ``(2) specifies the deadline; and
            ``(3) describes the reason for the delay.''.
    (b) Effective Date; Applicability; No Additional Appropriations.--
            (1) Effective date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
        shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Applicability.--
                    (A) In general.--The requirements under subsections 
                (c) and (d) of section 7 of the Communications Act of 
                1934 (47 U.S.C. 157), as added by subsection (a), shall 
                apply with respect to any petition or application that 
                is filed, any proceeding that is initiated, and any 
                regulation that is proposed, on or after the effective 
                date described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
                    (B) Pending petitions, applications, and 
                proceedings.--The requirements under subsections (c) 
                and (d) of section 7 of the Communications Act of 1934 
                (47 U.S.C. 157), as added by subsection (a), shall 
                apply with respect to any petition, application, or 
                proceeding that is pending on the effective date 
                described in paragraph (1) of this subsection as if the 
                petition or application had been filed, or the 
                proceeding had been initiated, on that date.
            (3) No additional appropriations authorized.--Nothing in 
        this section or the amendment made by this section shall be 
        construed to increase the amount of appropriations that are 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Federal Communications 
        Commission for any fiscal year.
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