FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act

FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to permit each commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to appoint an electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide technical consultation and to interface with the Office of Engineering and Technology and other FCC bureaus and technical staff.

Requires such engineer or scientist to hold an undergraduate or graduate degree in his or her field of expertise.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2102 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2102

To permit each commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission to 
    appoint an electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide 
                        technical consultation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 2, 2011

 Mr. Stearns introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit each commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission to 
    appoint an electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide 
                        technical consultation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FCC Commissioners' Technical 
Resource Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF TECHNICAL STAFF.

    Section 4(f)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
154(f)(2)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the 
following new sentence: ``Each commissioner may also appoint an 
electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide the commissioner 
technical consultation when appropriate and to interface with the 
Office of Engineering and Technology, Commission Bureaus, and other 
technical staff of the Commission for additional technical input and 
resources, provided that such engineer or scientist holds an 
undergraduate or graduate degree from an institution of higher 
education in the field of expertise of such engineer or scientist.''.
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