FCC Reauthorization Act of 2018
This bill reauthorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for FY2019-FY2020. It amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require that FCC-collected fees be deposited and credited as offsetting collections. Regulatory and application fees must be assessed at rates to recover costs associated with such activities.
The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to accept bidding deposits for spectrum auctions held by the FCC. The deposits of successful bidders must be used for deficit reduction.
The bill includes requiring the FCC:
Specified providers that offer the capability to transmit voice communications and signaling information from one destination to another, and that charge a rate to any other entity for such a transmission, must register with the FCC and comply with service quality standards to be established by the FCC.
The bill applies the prohibition against knowingly transmitting misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to text messages and persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States.
Communications networks must be treated as critical infrastructure and protected systems under the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-07 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate |
| 2018-03-06 | Floor | The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-06 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-06 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1399-1408) | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-06 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4986. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-06 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1398-1414) | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-06 | Floor | Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-06 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 445. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-06 | Discharge | Committee on Oversight and Government discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-06 | Discharge | Committee on Transportation discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2018-03-06 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-587, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-14 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2018-02-14 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2018-02-08 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House committee actions |
| 2018-02-08 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-08 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-08 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House floor actions |
| 2018-02-08 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |