[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2589 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2589

    To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal 
Communications Commission to publish on its Internet website changes to 
  the rules of the Commission not later than 24 hours after adoption.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 1, 2015

Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina 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 require the Federal 
Communications Commission to publish on its Internet website changes to 
  the rules of the Commission not later than 24 hours after adoption.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TIMELY AVAILABILITY OF CHANGES TO RULES OF THE COMMISSION.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 4 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 154) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) Not later than 24 hours after adopting a provision that will 
appear in the Code of Federal Regulations, or an amendment to or repeal 
of a provision that appears in the Code of Federal Regulations, the 
Commission shall publish on the Internet website of the Commission the 
text of the provision adopted or repealed, or the text indicating how 
the provision is being amended, as the case may be.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to a provision, or an amendment to or repeal of a 
provision, that is adopted after the date that is 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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