COMMUNICATIONS ACT

Amendments

FCC: ensure just and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced communications services in correctional and detention facilities (S. 1541), S9724 [21DE]

Bills and resolutions

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: prohibit Federal funding (see H.R. 6691), H1113 [9FE]

FCC: classify broadband as telecommunications service (see S. 4676), S3782 [28JY] (see H.R. 8573), H7404 [28JY]

——— extend authority to grant license or construction permit through system of competitive bidding (see H.R. 7783), H5009 [16MY]

——— improve access by Indian Tribes to support from universal service programs (see S. 5001), S5226 [28SE] (see H.R. 9343), H8587 [17NO]

——— modernize and streamline satellite licensing rules (see H.R. 9463), H8872 [8DE]

——— permit State attorneys general to recover forfeiture penalties for certain Telephone Consumer Protection Act violations (see H.R. 8306), H5939 [7JY]

——— prohibit application of private land use restrictions to amateur service communications without reasonable accommodations (see H.R. 9670), H10055 [22DE]

——— prohibit use of automated telephone equipment to send unsolicited text messages (see H.R. 8334), H5974 [12JY]

Information technology: clarify that online platforms may be held responsible for content they promote on their platforms (see H.R. 9695), H10534 [27DE]

——— limit immunity of providers and users of interactive computer services, ensure reasonable, non-discriminatory access to online communications platforms, and prohibit political censorship (see H.R. 7613), H4607 [28AP]

Morality and ethics: define ‘‘obscenity’’ under Communications Act (see S. 5260), S7199 [14DE]

Smart phones: prohibit service providers from providing service on phones reported stolen, require anti-theft functionality and identification numbers, and to prohibit alteration or removal of such identification numbers (see H.R. 7362), H4126 [1AP]

Television: provide greater access to in-State television network broadcast programming for cable and satellite subscribers in certain Wisconsin counties (see S. 4788), S4440 [6SE]

Remarks in House

FCC: designate 9-8-8 as universal telephone number for national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operated through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Veterans Crisis Line, H5813 [22JN], H6876 [19JY], H6903 [20JY], H6926 [21JY]

——— ensure just and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced communications services in correctional and detention facilities (S. 1541), H10026–H10028 [22DE]

Remarks in Senate

FCC: designate 9-8-8 as universal telephone number for national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operated through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Veterans Crisis Line, S3359 [19JY]

——— ensure just and reasonable charges for telephone and advanced communications services in correctional and detention facilities (S. 1541), S9724 [21DE]

Information technology: revoke immunity for removal of lawful political content by large interactive computer service providers (S. 2972), S273 [18JA]

Reports filed

Abandoning Online Censorship (AOC) Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 874) (H. Rept. 117–305), H4712 [3MY]

Just and Reasonable Communications Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1541), S7251 [15DE]

National Suicide Hotline Designation Act Implementation: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Tranportation (Senate) (S. Rept. 117–69), S612 [9FE]

Texts of

S. 1541, Just and Reasonable Communications Act, S9724 [21DE], H10026 [22DE]