Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2017
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to replace various reporting requirements with a communications marketplace report that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must publish on its website and submit to Congress every two years.
The report must describe the FCC's actions in the marketplace and its agenda for the next two years. The FCC must: (1) compile 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 FCC's competition assessments must include the aggregate average total amount paid by cable systems for retransmission consent.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is amended to require the FCC to determine from the communications marketplace report every two years (currently, in an inquiry initiated each year) whether it must act immediately to accelerate deployment of advanced telecommunications capabilities, particularly in elementary and secondary schools, by removing barriers to infrastructure investment and promoting competition.
Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
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2017-01-24 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | Senate |
2017-01-23 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House floor actions |
2017-01-23 | Floor | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text of measure as passed: CR H586-587) | House floor actions |
2017-01-23 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 599. | House floor actions |
2017-01-23 | Floor | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H586-588) | House floor actions |
2017-01-23 | Floor | Mr. Lance moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. | House floor actions |
2017-01-23 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House floor actions |
2017-01-23 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |