Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 8/4/2017
Actions
- 2017-08-04Held at the desk.
- 2017-08-04Received in the House.
- 2017-08-04Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 2017-08-03Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4816-4817; text: CR S4816-4817)
- 2017-08-03Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4816-4817; text: CR S4816-4817)
- 2017-05-11Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 77.
- 2017-05-11Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 115-61.
- 2017-05-11Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 115-61.
- 2017-01-24Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2017-01-17Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- 2017-01-17Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-08-03 (82)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to replace various reporting requirements with a communications marketplace report that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is required to publish on its website and submit to Congress every two years assessing: (1) competition in the communications marketplace; (2) deployment of communications capabilities, including advanced telecommunications capabilities; and (3) whether laws, regulations, regulatory practices, or demonstrated marketplace practices pose a barrier to competitive entry or expansion of existing providers of communications services.
Each report must describe the FCC's agenda for the next two years.
The FCC must: (1) include a list of geographic areas that are not served by any provider of advanced telecommunications capability; and (2) consider market entry barriers for entrepreneurs and small businesses in accordance with national policy favoring diversity of media voices, competition, technological advancement, and promotion of the public interest, convenience, and necessity.
The bill establishes a process for the FCC to publish a report after its deadline if it provides Congress, and posts on the FCC website, a notification letter (within 7 days after the deadline and every 60 days thereafter) regarding the delay and the anticipated date on which the report will be published.
(Sec. 3) The bill repeals or consolidates various existing communications reporting requirements.
Cosponsors (1)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Competition and antitrust
- Congressional oversight
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Government information and archives
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Small business
- Telephone and wireless communication
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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