COMMUNICATIONS ACT

Amendments

FCC: consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (S. 253), S4059 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions

Amend (see S. 2319), S8160 [19NO]

FCC: allow skilled nursing facilities to apply for support from Universal Service Fund Rural Health Care Program (see S. 1916), S6239 [3AU] (see H.R. 4111), H8411 [19NO]

——— authorize a bipartisan majority of Commissioners to hold nonpublic collaborative discussions (see S. 760), S1585 [17MR] (see H.R. 1396), H1721 [17MR]

——— consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (see S. 253), S466 [26JA] (see H.R. 734), H811 [4FE]

——— deny retransmission consent to a television station if a radio station of the same licensee transmits a recording without providing compensation and prohibit imposition of radio tuner mandates for mobile devices (see H.R. 1999), H2463 [23AP]

——— ensure the integrity of voice communications and prevent discrimination among areas in the delivery of such communications by requiring providers to register and comply with basic quality standards (see S. 827), S1660 [19MR] (see H.R. 2566), H3561 [21MY]

——— establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental television channels and preserve support for such channels (see S. 1244), S2730 [7MY]

——— exempt broadband Internet access service providers from Federal universal service contributions (see H.R. 1712), H2110 [26MR]

——— expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (see H.R. 2669), H3914 [4JN]

——— limit authority over providers of broadband Internet access services (see H.R. 279), H224 [12JA]

——— prevent caller identification spoofing (see S. 1759), S5061 [14JY]

——— provide for greater access to in-State television broadcast programming for cable and satellite subscribers in certain counties (see H.R. 3496), H5974 [11SE]

——— provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (see S. 421), S899 [10FE] (see H.R. 2583), H3581 [29MY]

——— 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. 655), H703 [2FE]

——— require mobile service providers and smartphone manufacturers to enable consumers to remotely delete data from smartphones and render such devices inoperable (see S. 1076), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2024), H2464 [23AP]

Telephones: require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly call 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digits or codes (see H.R. 4167), H9010 [3DE]

Remarks in House

FCC: authorize a bipartisan majority of Commissioners to hold nonpublic collaborative discussions, H8185 [16NO]

——— consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (H.R. 734), H1095–H1098 [24FE]

——— provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (H.R. 2583), H8182–H8185 [16NO]

Telephones: require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly call 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digits or codes (H.R. 4167), H9006–H9008 [3DE]

Remarks in Senate

FCC: consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (S. 253), S4059–S4061 [10JN]

Telecommunications: require carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies, S1452 [12MR]

Reports filed

FCC Consolidated Reporting Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 253) (S. Rept. 114–58), S3309 [22MY]

——— Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 734) (H. Rept. 114–27), H1112 [24FE]

FCC Process Reform Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2583) (H. Rept. 114–305), H7137 [22OC]

Texts of

H.R. 734, FCC Consolidated Reporting Act, H1095 [24FE]

H.R. 2583, FCC Process Reform Act, H8182–H8184 [16NO]

S. 253, FCC Consolidated Reporting Act, S4059 [10JN]