COMMUNICATIONS ACT

Amendments

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (S. 251), S10115 [5OC]

Bills and resolutions

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (see S. 251), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 560), H380 [15JA]

Education: provide universal service support to Head Start programs (see H.R. 2166), H4998 [29AP]

FCC: authorize multiple Commissioners to hold nonpublic collaborative discussions (see H.R. 4167), H13385 [1DE]

———conduct a pilot program to expand the Lifeline Assistance Program to include broadband service (see S. 2879), S13033 [11DE]

———establish broadband policy and conduct public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services (see H.R. 3458), H9276 [31JY]

Government regulations: prevent granting of regulatory forbearance by default (see H.R. 400), H160 [9JA]

Information technology: establish a Lifeline Assistance Program for universal broadband adoption (see H.R. 3646), H9961 [24SE]

Telephones: facilitate number portability in order to increase consumer choice of voice service provider (see H.R. 2357), H5483 [12MY]

———prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see S. 30), S169 [7JA] (see H.R. 1258), H2923 [3MR]

Television: expand satellite carriage of local television signals (see H.R. 927), H1080 [9FE]

———move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur and improve the digital-to-analog converter box program (see H.R. 681), H525 [26JA]

———permit retransmission of signals of local television broadcast stations in an adjacent underserved county (see H.R. 3216), H8099 [14JY]

———provide for carriage and display of public, educational, and government channels in a manner consistent with commercial channels (see H.R. 3745), H11110 [7OC]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see S. 348), S1057 [29JA] (see H.R. 2135), H4914 [28AP]

Remarks in House

FCC: broadband policy on neutrality, H13073 [18NO]

———establish broadband policy and conduct public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services (H.R. 3458), H10123 [30SE]

Government regulations: prevent granting of regulatory forbearance by default (H.R. 400), E49 [8JA]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur and improve the digital-to-analog converter box program (H.R. 681), E164 [28JA]

Remarks in Senate

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (S. 251), S10112, S10115-S10117 [5OC]

FCC: conduct a pilot program to expand the Lifeline Assistance Program to include broadband service (S. 2879), S13038 [11DE]

Telephones: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (S. 30), S173 [7JA]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (S. 348), S1063 [29JA]

Reports filed

Safe Prisons Communications Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 251) (S. Rept. 111-79), S9839 [24SE]

Truth in Caller ID Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 30) (S. Rept. 111-96), S10989 [2NO]

Texts of

S. 30, Truth in Caller ID Act, S174 [7JA]

S. 251, Safe Prisons Communications Act, S10115-S10117 [5OC]