FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Amendments
Television: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (S. 2847), S7758, S7764 [29SE]
Bills and resolutions
Children and youth: promulgate regulations requiring a label on packaging of certain baby monitors warning that signals may be intercepted by potential intruders (see H.R. 6463), H7854 [1DE]
Communications Act: reform universal service provisions (see H.R. 5828), H5984 [22JY]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 3677), S6520 [29JY]
Government regulations: encourage continued investment and innovation in communications networks by establishing a new competition analysis-based regulatory framework (see S. 3624), S6078 [21JY]
———extend time period for filing petitions to deny, oppositions, and comments in the proceeding relating to proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal (see H.R. 5020), H2578 [14AP]
———issue regulations against censorship of Internet search results (see H.R. 4504), H386 [26JA]
Hooks, Benjamin L.: tribute (see S. Res. 489), S2424 [19AP] (see H. Res. 1271), H2695 [20AP]
Information technology: express that it is the responsibility of Congress to determine FCC regulatory authority relative to broadband Internet services (see H. Con. Res. 311), H6571 [30JY]
———prohibit from regulating information services or Internet access services absent a market failure (see H.R. 5257), H3309 [11MY]
National Academy of Sciences: study technical policy decisions and technical personnel at the FCC (see S. 3042), S795 [25FE]
National Telephone Discount Lifeline Awareness Week: support (see H. Res. 1616), H6682 [14SE]
Native Americans: establish a position for a representative of Indian tribes on the Joint Board overseeing the implementation of universal communications service (see H.R. 6530), H8597 [16DE]
Radio: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 6533), H8597 [16DE]
Technology: combat trade barriers that threaten maintenance of an open, global Internet, that mandate unique technology standards as a condition of market access, and promote free flow of information (see H.R. 5694), H5502 [1JY]
———provide greater technical resources to Commissioners (see H.R. 4809), H1323 [10MR]
Telecommunications: provide for voluntary incentive auction revenue sharing (see H.R. 5947), H6403 (see H.R. 5947), H6455 [29JY]
———provide public safety providers additional spectrum to support national, interoperable wireless broadband network and authorize incentive auctions to fund such a network (see S. 3756), S6884 [5AU]
———provide vouchers for broadband service to students, increase access to advanced services for community colleges and head start programs, and establish discounted electronic books pilot program (see H.R. 4619), H609 [9FE]
———require a study on spectrum occupancy and use (see S. 3610), S5993 [19JY]
Telephones: promulgate regulations to improve billing disclosure to cellular telephone consumers (see S. 3872), S7787 [29SE]
Television: allow review of petitions on the secondary transmission of broadcast programming in orphan counties (see S. 3894), S7787 [29SE]
Letters
Proposed sale of KFUO-Radio (St. Louis, MO): Cynthia Busch, H735 [23FE]
———Leonard DiCosmio, Cleveland Federation of Musicians, H734 [23FE]
———Paul R. Frankenfeld, American Federation of Musicians, H735 [23FE]
———several Lutheran individuals, H735 [23FE]
———Stefanie Jacob, H735 [23FE]
———Terry Hale, Austin Federation of Musicians, H735 [23FE]
———Vicky Smolik, Musicians' Association of St. Louis, H734 [23FE]
Lists
Organizations supporting H.R. 6533, Local Community Radio Act, H8621 [17DE]
Remarks in House
Hooks, Benjamin L.: tribute (H. Res. 1271), H2659-H2664 [20AP], E604 [21AP], E658, E664 [26AP]
Information technology: prohibit from regulating information services or Internet access services absent a market failure (H.R. 5257), H3279 [11MY]
KFUO-Radio (St. Louis, MO): proposed sale of classical music station, H734 [23FE], E247 [25FE]
Radio: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (H.R. 6533), H8619-H8623 [17DE]
Telecommunications: provide for voluntary incentive auction revenue sharing (H.R. 5947), E1471 [29JY]
———provide vouchers for broadband service to students, increase access to advanced services for community colleges and head start programs, and establish discounted electronic books pilot program (H.R. 4619), E173 [9FE]
———require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (H.R. 3125), H2525-H2530 [14AP], E553 [15AP]
Television: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (S. 2847), H7720, H7721 [30NO], H7899 [2DE]
Remarks in Senate
Courts: decision in Comcast v. FCC on the authority to regulate broadband access and consumer protections on the Internet, S2286, S2287 [14AP]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), S6188 [22JY]
Government regulations: encourage continued investment and innovation in communications networks by establishing a new competition analysis-based regulatory framework (S. 3624), S6081 [21JY]
———protect Internet neutrality relative to the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal, S10690 [18DE]
Hooks, Benjamin L.: tribute (S. Res. 489), S2429, S2430 [19AP]
Internet: broadband policy on neutrality, S10853, S10889-S10891 [21DE]
National Academy of Sciences: study technical policy decisions and technical personnel at the FCC (S. 3042), S798, S799 [25FE]
Radio: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (H.R. 6533), S10696 [18DE]
Supreme Court: decision in FCC v. AT&T on expanding the personal privacy exemption for law enforcement records to corporations and their activities, S7885 [15NO]
Telecommunications: provide public safety providers additional spectrum to support national, interoperable wireless broadband network and authorize incentive auctions to fund such a network (S. 3756), S6904 [5AU]
———require a study on spectrum occupancy and use (S. 3610), S5995 [19JY]
———require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (S. 649), S1615 [16MR]
Telephones: promulgate regulations to improve billing disclosure to cellular telephone consumers (S. 3872), S7793 [29SE]
Television: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (S. 2847), S7763 [29SE]
Reports filed
Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2847), S7615 [28SE]
———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2847) (S. Rept. 111-340), S7786 [29SE]
FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2881) (S. Rept. 111-251), S6881 [5AU]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3677) (S. Rept. 111-238), S6519 [29JY]
Local Community Radio Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 592) (S. Rept. 111-160), S1311 [9MR]
Radio Spectrum Inventory Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 649) (S. Rept. 111-159), S1311 [9MR]
———Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3125) (H. Rept. 111-462), H2502 [13AP]
Texts of
H. Res. 1271, tribute to Benjamin L. Hooks, H2659 [20AP]
H.R. 3125, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act, H2525 [14AP]
H.R. 6533, Local Community Radio Act, H8620 [17DE]
S. 2847, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act, H7720 [30NO]
S. 3872, Cell Phone Bill Shock Act, S7794 [29SE]
S. Res. 489, tribute to Benjamin L. Hooks, S2427, S2431 [19AP]
Tributes