[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2589 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2589


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 2016

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal 
 Communications Commission to publish on its Internet website the text 
of any item that is adopted by vote of the Commission not later than 24 
  hours after receipt of dissenting statements from all Commissioners 
     wishing to submit such a statement with respect to such item.

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

SECTION 1. TIMELY AVAILABILITY OF ITEMS ADOPTED BY VOTE 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) In the case of any item that is adopted by vote of the 
Commission, the Commission shall publish on the Internet website of the 
Commission the text of such item not later than 24 hours after the 
Secretary of the Commission has received dissenting statements from all 
Commissioners wishing to submit such a statement with respect to such 
item.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to an item that is adopted after the date that is 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.