COMMUNICATIONS ACT

Bills and resolutions

FCC: authorize a bipartisan majority of Commissioners to hold nonpublic collaborative discussions (see S. 245), S519 [7FE] (see H.R. 539), H411 [6FE]

——— consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (see S. 1379), S6023 [29JY] (see H.R. 2844), H5093 [26JY]

——— expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (see H.R. 3670), H7566 [5DE]

——— increase consumer choice and competition in the online video programming distribution marketplace (see S. 1680), S7951 [12NO]

——— prevent television blackouts, ensure consumer choice in cable programming, facilitate retransmission consent negotiations between cable and content providers, and study sports programming costs (see H.R. 3719), H8107 [12DE]

——— prohibit from adopting certain rules or policies relating to multichannel video programming distributors (see H.R. 3196), H5883 [26SE]

——— provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (see H.R. 3675), H7607 [9DE]

——— repeal certain television carriage, retransmission, and ownership regulations (see H.R. 3720), H8107 [12DE]

——— require an analysis of benefits and costs during the rulemaking process and create certain presumptions regarding regulatory forbearance and biennial regulatory review determinations (see H.R. 2649), H4369 [10JY]

——— require radio and television broadcasters to provide free broadcasting time for political advertising (see H.R. 128), H31 [3JA]

Telecommunications: prohibit mobile service providers from providing service on mobile electronic devices that have been reported stolen and enable consumers to remotely delete data from such devices (see H.R. 1730), H2349 [25AP]

——— require carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies (see S. 721), S2649 [15AP]

Television: establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels and preserve support for such channels (see S. 1789), S8601 [10DE]

Remarks in House

FCC: consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (H.R. 2844), H5414–H5416 [9SE]

Remarks in Senate

FCC: increase consumer choice and competition in the online video programming distribution marketplace (S. 1680), S7953 [12NO]

Reports filed

FCC Consolidated Reporting Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2844) (H. Rept. 113–189), H5434 [9SE]

Texts of

H.R. 2844, FCC Consolidated Reporting Act, H5414 [9SE]

S. 1680, Consumer Choice in Online Video Act, S7954–S7961 [12NO]