COMMUNICATIONS ACT

Bills and resolutions

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: prohibit Federal funding after 2013 (see S. 492), S1264 [4MR] (see H.R. 68), H35 [5JA]

FCC: authorize multiple Commissioners to hold nonpublic collaborative discussions (see H.R. 1009), H1724 [10MR]

———consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (see S. 1780), S7066 [2NO] (see H.R. 3310), H7255 [2NO]

———establish a Lifeline Assistance Program for universal broadband adoption (see H.R. 2163), H4185 [14JN]

———provide for voluntary incentive auction revenue sharing (see H.R. 1622), H2911 [15AP]

———provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (see S. 1784), S7066 [2NO] (see S. 1817), S7187 [8NO] (see H.R. 3309), H7255 [2NO]

———provide public safety providers additional spectrum to support national, interoperable wireless broadband network and authorize incentive auctions to fund such a network (see S. 28), S122 [25JA]

———reform by requiring an analysis of benefits and costs during the rulemaking process (see H.R. 2289), H4456 [22JN]

———repeal certain television carriage, retransmission, and ownership regulations (see S. 2008), S8733 [16DE] (see H.R. 3675), H9430 [15DE]

———revisit the free cell phone program of the universal service support program to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 3118), H6671 [6OC]

Political campaigns: require radio and television broadcasters to provide free broadcasting time for political advertising (see H.R. 137), H38 [5JA]

Telephones: permit informational calls to mobile telephone numbers (see H.R. 3035), H6413 [22SE]

Television: establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels and preserve support for such channels (see H.R. 1746), H3107 [5MY]

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. 297), S614 [7FE]

Remarks in House

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, E222 [14FE], E242 [16FE], E287 [18FE]

———impact of Federal funding on rural areas, H716 [11FE], H758, H759 [14FE]

Remarks in Senate

FCC: establish a commission to conduct spectrum incentive auctions and use the revenue towards the public debt, S4933 [27JY]

———provide public safety providers additional spectrum to support national, interoperable wireless broadband network and authorize incentive auctions to fund such a network (S. 28), S146 [25JA], S1528 [10MR]

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. 297), S616 [7FE]

Texts of

S. 28, Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, S146-S149 [25JA]