The House will begin debate on a bill Wednesday that would revamp...
The House will begin debate on a bill Wednesday that would revamp FCC processes despite bicameral Democratic opposition to such reforms. The Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act (HR-3309) aims to consolidate or repeal several FCC reports and require new…
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reports on the state of the telecom market. The bill would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the agency to publish biennial reports on marketplace competition, telecom deployment and legislative barriers to the expansion of communications services. If passed, the bill would repeal or consolidate current FCC reports on satellite competition, international broadband, video programming, cable industry prices, small business entry barriers and commercial mobile radio, among others. The bill also would require the FCC to list the geographic regions that are not served by any telecom provider. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., sponsored the bill, which was approved by the House Commerce Committee in March by a mostly partisan 31-16 vote. The Senate has failed to progress on FCC reform legislation as quickly as the House. In November, Senate Commerce Committee member Dean Heller, R-Nev., introduced a companion bill (S-1780), but Democrats in the majority have yet to take it up.