FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Amendments

Government regulations: provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (H.R. 3309), H1617, H1619, H1620, H1621, H1622, H1623, H1624 [27MR]

——— provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (H.R. 3309), consideration (H. Res. 595), H1596 [27MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, D1 [3JA]

Articles and editorials

Cashless Stimulus for Small Business, H1613 [27MR]

Bills and resolutions

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 554), H900 [16FE]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 3301), S4203 [14JN] (see H.R. 6020), H4063 [26JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6020), consideration (see H. Res. 717), H4603 [28JN]

Government regulations: add an additional purpose (see H.R. 6553), H6276 [21SE]

——— provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (H.R. 3309), consideration (see H. Res. 595), H1570 [26MR]

Health: examine, label, and communicate adverse human biological effects associated with exposure to electromagnetic fields from cell phones and other wireless devices (see H.R. 6358), H5716 [3AU]

Information technology: establish data usage measurement standards for Internet service providers, ensure proper use of data caps, empower consumers to monitor data usage, and prohibit discrimination against any content (see S. 3703), S8302 [20DE]

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. 4059), H901 [16FE]

Safety: provide for a comprehensive public alert and warning system (see H. Res. 671), H3362 [31MY]

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. 6530), H6275 [21SE]

Telecommunications: encourage spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available to rural and smaller carriers to expand wireless coverage (see S. 3516), S5978 [2AU]

——— require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (see S. 3433), S5381 [25JY]

——— require disclosures to consumers on the capability of software to monitor mobile device usage and require consent of the consumer prior to monitoring (see H.R. 6377), H5922 [12SE]

——— require reallocation and auction for commercial use of certain frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum (see H.R. 4817), H2203 [26AP]

Telephones: prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates (see H.R. 6624), H6578 [30NO]

——— promulgate regulations to provide for accurate disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (see H.R. 4319), H1804 [29MR]

Universal Service Fund: ensure rule adopting methodology for establishing benchmarks for high-cost loop support shall have no force or effect and require report on an alternative methodology (see H.R. 6526), H6275 [21SE]

Conference reports

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630), H834–H880 [16FE]

Letters

FCC development of plan for greater broadband access: Representative Gingrey and Nathan Deal, Governor of Georgia (2010), H1613 [27MR]

Motions

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H92 [23JA], H137 [24JA], H200 [31JA], H356 [1FE], H549 [7FE], H615 [8FE]

Government regulations: provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (H.R. 3309), H1626 [27MR]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: promulgate regulations requiring a label on packaging of certain baby monitors warning that signals may be intercepted by potential intruders, H1619, H1620 [27MR]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H42, H44, H45, H67 [18JA], H92 [23JA], H122 [24JA], H200 [31JA], H228 [1FE], H385, H386 [2FE], H444, H460 [3FE], H478 [6FE], H524–H529 [7FE], H585 [8FE], H643, H644 [9FE], H709–H711 [14FE], H738 [15FE], E159 [8FE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), conference report, H906, H911–H927, H929, H934 [17FE], H2783 [16MY], E237–E239 [24FE], E261, E265–E267, E272 [28FE], E278 [29FE], E320 [6MR]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 554), H907–H911 [17FE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to instruct conferees, H137–H143 [24JA], H356–H361 [1FE], H549 [7FE], H615–H623 [8FE], H659–H661 [9FE]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 6020), consideration (H. Res. 717), H4609–H4614 [29JN]

Government regulations: consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (H.R. 3310), H3230–H3234 [30MY]

——— provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (H.R. 3309), H1519 [22MR], H1609–H1629 [27MR]

——— provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (H.R. 3309), consideration (H. Res. 595), H1593–H1597 [27MR]

——— provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (H.R. 3309), motion to recommit, H1627 [27MR]

——— provide report on impact of changes to transparency and procedures on agency mandate to promote competition and innovation, H1623, H1624 [27MR]

——— require entities sponsoring political advertising to disclose the identity of donors who have contributed over a certain amount over a 2-year election cycle, H1617, H1620, H1621 [27MR]

——— require the Freedom of Information Act process be more open and transparent, H1621, H1622 [27MR]

National Football League: eliminate blackout rule relative to television broadcast of games, H43 [18JA], H385 [2FE], H4810 [11JY]

Privacy: preserve ability to protect online privacy, including rules prohibiting licensees or regulated entities from requiring job applicants to disclose passwords to social networking web sites, H1627 [27MR]

Rural areas: ensure changes to transparency and procedures do not impede implementation of rules to ensure broadband access in rural areas, H1622 [27MR]

Telecommunications: provide for creation of a public safety broadband network, ensure a more efficient and innovative allocation of the electromagnetic spectrum, and permit the FCC to conduct incentive auctions, H914, H918–H921 [17FE], E237–E239 [24FE]

——— provide with authority to conduct incentive auctions, E261 [28FE]

Weather: preserve ability for effective and efficient communication systems to alert the public of dangerous weather conditions, H1623 [27MR]

Remarks in Senate

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), S329 [6FE], S362, S368 [7FE], S587 [14FE], S668, S676 [15FE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), conference report, S830–S836, S838–S842 [16FE], S880, S882, S888–S892, S893, S894 [17FE]

——— reallocate certain Dept. of Defense spectrum frequencies for commercial use, S7155 [29NO]

LightSquared, Inc.: investigation regarding controversial approval of satellite spectrum access, S1706 [15MR], S3393 [22MY]

Pai, Ajit Varadaraj: nomination to the FCC, S2892 [7MY], S3393 [22MY]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S8631 [1JA]

Rosenworcel, Jessica: nomination to the FCC, S2892 [7MY], S3393 [22MY]

Telecommunications: encourage spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available to rural and smaller carriers to expand wireless coverage (S. 3516), S5988 [2AU]

——— require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (S. 3433), S5385 [25JY]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 554) (H. Rept. 112–400), H900 [16FE]

Consideration of H.R. 3309, FCC Process Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 595) (H. Rept. 112–422), H1570 [26MR]

Consideration of H.R. 6020, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 112–558), H4603 [28JN]

FCC Consolidated Reporting Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3310) (H. Rept. 112–443), H1844 [16AP]

FCC Process Reform Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3309) (H. Rept. 112–414), H1390 [19MR]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 6020) (H. Rept. 112–550), H4063 [26JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 3301) (S. Rept. 112–177), S4203 [14JN]

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3630) (H. Rept. 112–399), H900 [16FE]

Summaries

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630): Broadband Spectrum Provisions, H915 [17FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 554, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H907 [17FE]

H. Res. 595, consideration of H.R. 3309, FCC Process Reform Act, H1593 [27MR]

H. Res. 717, consideration of H.R. 6020, financial services and general Government appropriations, H4609 [29JN]

H.R. 3310, FCC Consolidated Reporting Act, H3230 [30MY]