House Commerce Markup to Include T-Band, Suicide Hotline Bills
The House Commerce Committee will vote on the Don’t Break Up the T-Band Act (HR-451) and National Suicide Hotline Designation Act (HR-4194) during a planned Wednesday markup, as expected (see 2007130054). The markup will begin at 11 a.m. EDT via…
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a Cisco WebEx video conference, Commerce said. The committee said it will also vote on eight other communications bills, including the Utilizing Strategic Allied (USA) Telecom Act. HR-6624 aims to fund creation of an NTIA-managed open radio access network R&D fund (see 2001140067). The Senate version of the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (S-4049) includes modified USA Telecom Act language that would repurpose $75 million from the FCC DTV and public safety fund for R&D (see 2007020053). Also on the docket: House Resolution 549, the Suicide Prevention Lifeline Improvement Act (HR-4564), Telemental Health Expansion Act (HR-5201), Measuring the Economics Driving Investments and Access for Diversity Act (HR-5567), Emergency Reporting Act (HR-5918), Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improvement Act (HR-6096) and Spectrum IT Modernization Act (HR-7310). HR-7310 and Senate version S-3717 would require NTIA to develop a plan for modernizing its IT systems. It would make NTIA develop “a time-based automated mechanism” to “share Federal spectrum between covered agencies” (see 2005140057). Language from HR-7310/S-3717 is included in S-4049 and the House’s FY21 NDAA (HR-6395).