Communications Act Update Act of 2016
TITLE I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION PROCESS REFORM
(Sec. 101) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete a rulemaking proceeding to adopt rules establishing:
The rules must also establish procedures for publishing on the FCC's website and submitting to Congress reports regarding: (1) the status of open rulemakings and items circulated for FCC commissioners' review; (2) the number of pending petitions, applications, complaints, and other requests for action by the FCC and the amount of time such requests have been pending; and (3) pending congressional investigations of the FCC and the cost of such investigations. The website postings and reports must be updated at least quarterly.
Performance measures must be included in notices of proposed rulemakings or orders that would create or substantially change a program activity. A "program activity" is a specific activity or project as listed in the program and financing schedules of the U.S. annual budget, including any annual collection or distribution or related series of collections or distributions by the FCC of $100 million or more.
The FCC must seek public comment on whether it should establish procedures to: (1) allow a bipartisan majority of commissioners to place items on an open meeting agenda; (2) publish in advance of open meetings the text of agenda items on which the FCC will vote; (3) ensure that commissioners have adequate time, prior to a required decision, to review the proposed decision document, including the specific rule or any proposed amendments; (4) provide deadlines for the disposition of certain license applications; and (5) publish orders, decisions, reports, and actions within 30 days after adoption.
The Government Accountability Office must audit the FCC's estimates of the costs of congressional investigations of the FCC.
The FCC must initiate a new rulemaking proceeding every five years to continue its consideration of procedural rule changes.
A bipartisan majority of commissioners may hold a nonpublic meeting, including a meeting to collaborate with joint boards or conferences, if: (1) no votes or actions are taken, and (2) an attorney from the FCC's Office of General Counsel is present. Such a closed meeting must be disclosed within two business days after the meeting, along with a list of persons in attendance and a summary of discussed matters, provided that such matters are not classified or otherwise exempt from disclosure.
The FCC must provide on its website: (1) information regarding the FCC's budget, appropriations, and total number of full-time equivalent employees; (2) the FCC's annual performance plan; and (3) information about consumer complaints in a publicly available, searchable database.
The chair of the FCC must also publish on the website policies established by the chair that relate to the FCC's functioning or its agenda.
The FCC must complete actions necessary for the required publication of documents in the Federal Register within specified time frames.
The FCC must inform the public about its performance and efficiency in meeting disclosure and other requirements under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), including by: (1) publishing on the FCC website its logs for managing FOIA requests and associated fees, (2) releasing decisions to grant or deny requests, and (3) presenting information about the number of FOIA requests received and granted or denied by the FCC in its annual budget estimates and annual performance and financial reports.
By January 15 of each year, the FCC must publish on its website and in other required formats an anticipated release schedule for all statistical reports and reports to Congress.
The bill requires annual reports to Congress on the FCC's performance in conducting its proceedings and meeting the deadlines and guidelines established by this bill.
(Sec. 102) In compiling its quarterly report with respect to informal consumer inquiries and complaints, the FCC is prohibited from categorizing an inquiry or complaint under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (places restrictions on telephone solicitations and automatic dialing systems) as a wireline or wireless inquiry or complaint unless a wireline or wireless carrier was the subject of the inquiry or complaint.
(Sec. 104) The Universal Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended to extend through 2020 the waiver of certain limitations on: (1) expending, obligating, or apportioning appropriations with respect to federal universal service contributions collected or received under the Communications Act of 1934; and (2) expending or obligating funds attributable to such contributions for universal service support programs.
(Sec. 105) The FCC must consult with the Small Business Administration to report to Congress with actions and recommendations to improve participation of small businesses in FCC proceedings.
(Sec. 106) For items adopted by an FCC vote, the FCC must publish on its website the text of the adopted items within 24 hours after the FCC Secretary has received all dissenting statements from commissioners.
TITLE II--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CONSOLIDATED REPORTING
(Sec. 201) This title replaces various reporting requirements with a communications marketplace report that the FCC is required to publish on its website and submit to Congress every two years assessing: (1) competition in the communications marketplace; (2) deployment of communications capabilities, including whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion; and (3) whether laws, regulations, or regulatory practices pose a barrier to competitive entry or expansion of existing providers of communications services.
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.
(Sec. 202) The title repeals or consolidates various reports of the FCC and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, including reports on satellite competition, international broadband, video programming, cable industry prices, small business entry barriers, commercial mobile radio, services to minority and diverse audiences, waivers from requirements prohibiting FCC employees from being financially interested in companies subject to FCC regulation, and several other existing reports.
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.
TITLE III--SMALL BUSINESS BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT
(Sec. 301) This title exempts for five years after enactment of this bill any small business broadband Internet access service provider with no more than 250,000 subscribers from the FCC's enhancements to a transparency rule that requires persons engaged in the provision of broadband Internet access service to disclose publicly accurate information regarding the network management practices, performance, and commercial terms of its services sufficient for:
The FCC shall report its recommendations on whether:
TITLE IV--KARI'S LAW
Kari's Law Act of 2016
(Sec. 402) This title prohibits businesses from manufacturing or importing for use in the United States, or selling or leasing in the United States, a multi-line telephone system unless it is pre-configured to allow users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 (without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any trunk-access code such as the digit "9") from any station equipped with dialing facilities.
Businesses are prohibited from installing, managing, or operating multi-line telephone systems without such a direct 9-1-1 call configuration.
Businesses installing, managing, or operating such systems for use in the United States must configure the systems to provide a notification to a central location at the facility where the system is installed, or to another person or organization regardless of location, if the system is able to be so configured without an improvement to the hardware or software.
TITLE V--SECURING ACCESS TO NETWORKS IN DISASTERS
(Sec. 501) This title requires the FCC to submit to Congress and publish on the FCC website a study on the public safety benefits, technical feasibility, and cost of providing the public with access to 9-1-1 services during times of emergency when mobile service is unavailable, through:
The types of emergencies subject to this bill are: (1) occasions or instances under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for which the President determines that federal assistance is needed to supplement state and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States; or (2) an emergency declared by the governor of a state or U.S. territory.
(Sec. 502) The Stafford Act is amended to expand the categories of essential service providers that may access a disaster site to restore and repair essential services in an emergency or major disaster without being denied or impeded by a federal agency. Services to be considered essential are wireline or mobile telephone service, Internet access service, radio or television broadcasting, cable service, or direct broadcast satellite service.
TITLE VI--SPOOFING PREVENTION
(Sec. 601) This title expands the prohibition against knowingly transmitting misleading or inaccurate caller identification information to apply to: (1) persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States, and (2) text messages.
Existing caller identification requirements that apply to calls made using a telecommunications service or IP-enabled voice service are revised to apply to: (1) services interconnected with the public switched telephone network and that furnish voice communications using resources from the North American Numbering Plan; and (2) transmissions from a telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device to a telephone facsimile machine.
The FCC must coordinate with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to regularly update education materials that help consumers identify: (1) scams and fraudulent activity that rely upon misleading or inaccurate caller identification information, and (2) existing technologies that consumers can use to protect against such fraud.
The GAO must report on: (1) actions taken, or actions that could be taken, by the FCC or the FTC to combat the fraudulent provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information; and (2) any recommendations to combat the fraudulent provision of such information.
TITLE VII--AMATEUR RADIO PARITY
(Sec. 701) This title directs the FCC to amend station antenna structure regulations to prohibit a private land use restriction from applying to amateur radio stations if the restriction:
The FCC must require an amateur radio licensee to obtain prior approval from a community association before installing an outdoor antenna. A community association may: (1) prohibit installations on common property not under the exclusive control of the licensee, and (2) establish installation rules for amateur radio antennas and support structures.
TITLE VIII--IMPROVING RURAL CALL QUALITY AND RELIABILITY
(Sec. 801) This title requires intermediate 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 (including an affiliated entity) for the transmission, to: (1) register with the FCC, and (2) comply with service quality standards to be established by the FCC.
An "intermediate provider" is an entity that: (1) enters a business arrangement with a long-distance voice service provider that makes the initial call path choice for more than 100,000 domestic retail subscriber lines, or with another intermediate provider, to carry, route, or transmit voice traffic from a call placed from or to an end user connection using a North American Numbering Plan resource; and (2) does not itself (directly or in conjunction with an affiliate) serve as such a long-distance initial call path choice provider in the context of originating or terminating a given call.
The title prohibits such long-distance providers (including local exchange carriers, interexchange carriers, commercial mobile radio services, interconnected voice over Internet Protocol [VoIP] services, and certain non-interconnected VoIP services) from using an intermediate provider to transmit voice communications and signals unless the intermediate provider is so registered.
The FCC must: (1) ensure the integrity of the transmission of voice communications to all customers in the United States, (2) prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such voice communications, and (3) make a registry of intermediate providers publicly available on the FCC website.
This title shall not be construed to preempt or expand the authority of a state agency or public utility commission to collect data, or enforce state law and regulations, regarding the completion of intrastate voice communications.
Certain long-distance providers that make initial call path choices are exempt from service quality standards that the FCC is required to establish under this title if they certify under a safe harbor provision in existing FCC rules that they monitor the performance of, or do not use, intermediate providers.
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 253 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 253
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to consolidate the reporting
obligations of the Federal Communications Commission in order to
improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 26, 2015
Mr. Heller introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to consolidate the reporting
obligations of the Federal Communications Commission in order to
improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens.
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 ``Federal Communications Commission
Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015''.
SEC. 2. COMMUNICATIONS MARKETPLACE REPORT.
Title I of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 13. COMMUNICATIONS MARKETPLACE REPORT.
``(a) In General.--In the last quarter of every even-numbered year,
the Commission shall publish on its website and submit to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a
report on the state of the communications marketplace.
``(b) Contents.--Each report required under subsection (a) shall--
``(1) assess the state of competition in the communications
marketplace, including competition to deliver voice, video,
audio, and data services among providers of telecommunications,
providers of commercial mobile service (as defined in section
332), multichannel video programming distributors (as defined
in section 602), broadcast stations, providers of satellite
communications, Internet service providers, and other providers
of communications services;
``(2) assess the state of deployment of communications
capabilities, including advanced telecommunications capability
(as defined in section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of
1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302)), regardless of the technology used for
such deployment, including whether advanced telecommunications
capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable
and timely fashion;
``(3) assess whether laws, regulations, or regulatory
practices (whether those of the Federal Government, States,
political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes or tribal
organizations (as such terms are defined in section 4 of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25
U.S.C. 450b)), or foreign governments) pose a barrier to
competitive entry into the communications marketplace or to the
competitive expansion of existing providers of communications
services;
``(4) describe the agenda of the Commission for the next 2-
year period for addressing the challenges and opportunities in
the communications marketplace that were identified through the
assessments under paragraphs (1) through (3); and
``(5) describe the actions that the Commission has taken in
pursuit of the agenda described in paragraph (4) during the 2-
year period to which the report applies.
``(c) Extension.--If the Senate confirms the Chairman of the
Commission during the third or fourth quarter of an even-numbered year,
the report required under subsection (a) may be published on the
website of the Commission and submitted to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate by March 1 of the following
odd-numbered year.
``(d) Special Requirements.--
``(1) Assessing competition.--In assessing the state of
competition under subsection (b)(1), the Commission shall
consider all forms of competition, including the effect of
intermodal competition, facilities-based competition, and
competition from new and emergent communications services,
including the provision of content and communications using the
Internet.
``(2) Assessing deployment.--In assessing the state of
deployment under subsection (b)(2), the Commission shall
compile a list of geographical areas that are not served by any
provider of advanced telecommunications capability.
``(3) International comparisons and demographic
information.--The Commission may use readily available data to
draw appropriate comparisons between the United States
communications marketplace and the international communications
marketplace and to correlate its assessments with demographic
information.
``(4) Considering small businesses.--In assessing the state
of competition under subsection (b)(1) and regulatory barriers
under subsection (b)(3), the Commission shall consider market
entry barriers for entrepreneurs and other small businesses in
the communications marketplace in accordance with the national
policy under section 257(b).
``(e) Effect if Deadlines Not Met.--
``(1) Notification of congress.--If the Commission fails to
publish a report by the applicable deadline under subsection
(a) or (c), the Commission shall, not later than 7 days after
the deadline and every 30 days thereafter until the publication
of the report--
``(A) notify by letter the chairperson and ranking
member of--
``(i) the Committee on Energy and Commerce
of the House of Representatives; and
``(ii) the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate;
``(B) describe in the letter the reasons for the
delay;
``(C) indicate in the letter the date on which the
Commission anticipates the report will be published;
and
``(D) publish the letter on the website of the
Commission.
``(2) No impact on effectiveness.--If the Commission
publishes a report after the applicable deadline under
subsection (a) or (c) and complies with the requirements under
paragraph (1) of this subsection with respect to the report,
the Commission shall be deemed to have satisfied the
requirement to publish the report by the applicable
deadline.''.
SEC. 3. CONSOLIDATION OF REDUNDANT REPORTS; CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) ORBIT Act Report.--Section 646 of the Communications Satellite
Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 765e) is repealed.
(b) Satellite Competition Report.--Section 4 of Public Law 109-34
(47 U.S.C. 703) is repealed.
(c) International Broadband Data Report.--Section 103 of the
Broadband Data Improvement Act (47 U.S.C. 1303) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (b); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as
subsections (b) through (d), respectively.
(d) Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video
Programming Report.--Section 628 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 548) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (g);
(2) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (g); and
(3) by transferring subsection (g) (as redesignated) so
that it appears after subsection (f).
(e) Report on Cable Industry Prices.--
(1) In general.--Section 623 of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 543) is amended--
(A) by striking subsection (k); and
(B) by redesignating subsections (l) through (n) as
subsections (k) through (m), respectively.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 613(a)(3) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 533(a)(3)) is amended by
striking ``623(l)'' and inserting ``623(k)''.
(f) Triennial Report Identifying and Eliminating Market Entry
Barriers for Entrepreneurs and Other Small Businesses.--Section 257 of
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 257) is amended by striking
subsection (c).
(g) Section 706 Report.--Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act
of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in the last sentence, by striking ``If the
Commission's determination is negative, it'' and
inserting ``If the Commission determines in its report
under section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934 that
advanced telecommunications capability is not being
deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely
fashion, the Commission''; and
(B) by striking the first and second sentences;
(2) by striking subsection (c);
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ``this subsection'' and
inserting ``this section''; and
(4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
(h) State of Competitive Market Conditions With Respect to
Commercial Mobile Radio Services.--Section 332(c)(1)(C) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(1)(C)) is amended by
striking the first and second sentences.
(i) Previously Eliminated Annual Report.--
(1) In general.--Section 4 of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 154) is amended--
(A) by striking subsection (k); and
(B) by redesignating subsections (l) through (o) as
subsections (k) through (n), respectively.
(2) Conforming amendments.--The Communications Act of 1934
(47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended--
(A) in section 9(i), by striking ``In the
Commission's annual report, the Commission shall
prepare an analysis of its progress in developing such
systems and'' and inserting ``The Commission''; and
(B) in section 309(j)(8)(B), by striking the last
sentence.
(j) Additional Outdated Reports.--
(1) In general.--The Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
151 et seq.) is amended--
(A) in section 4--
(i) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii), by
striking ``and shall furnish notice of such
action'' and all that follows through ``subject
of the waiver''; and
(ii) in subsection (g)--
(I) by striking paragraph (2); and
(II) by redesignating paragraph (3)
as paragraph (2);
(B) in section 215--
(i) by striking subsection (b); and
(ii) by redesignating subsection (c) as
subsection (b);
(C) in section 227(e)--
(i) by striking paragraph (4); and
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (5)
through (9) as paragraphs (4) through (8),
respectively;
(D) in section 303(u)(1)(B), by striking ``section
713(f)'' and inserting ``section 713(e)'';
(E) in section 309(j)--
(i) by striking paragraph (12);
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (13)
through (17) as paragraphs (12) through (16),
respectively; and
(iii) in paragraph (14)(C), as
redesignated--
(I) by striking clause (iv); and
(II) by redesignating clauses (v)
and (vi) as clauses (iv) and (v),
respectively;
(F) in section 331(b), by striking the last
sentence;
(G) in section 336(e), by amending paragraph (4) to
read as follows:
``(4) Report.--The Commission shall annually advise the
Congress on the amounts collected pursuant to the program
required by this subsection.'';
(H) in section 338(k)(6), by striking ``section
396(k)(6)(B)'' and inserting ``section 396(j)(6)(B)'';
(I) in section 339(c)--
(i) by striking paragraph (1);
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2)
through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4),
respectively;
(iii) in paragraph (3)(A), as redesignated,
by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting
``paragraph (1)''; and
(iv) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by
striking ``paragraphs (2) and (4)'' and
inserting ``paragraphs (1) and (3)'';
(J) in section 396--
(i) by striking subsections (i) and (m);
(ii) by redesignating subsections (j)
through (l) as subsections (i) through (k),
respectively;
(iii) in subsection (j), as redesignated--
(I) in paragraph (1), by striking
subparagraph (F); and
(II) in paragraph (3)(B)(iii)--
(aa) by striking subclause
(V); and
(bb) by redesignating
subclause (VI) as subclause
(V); and
(iv) in subsection (k), as redesignated--
(I) in paragraph (1)(B), by
striking ``shall be included'' and all
that follows through ``The audit
report''; and
(II) in paragraph (4), by striking
``subsection (k)'' each place that term
appears and inserting ``subsection
(j)'';
(K) in section 398(b)(4), by striking the third
sentence;
(L) in section 399B(c), by striking ``section
396(k)'' and inserting ``section 396(j)'';
(M) in section 615(l)(1)(A)(ii), by striking
``section 396(k)(6)(B)'' and inserting ``section
396(j)(6)(B)'';
(N) in section 624A(b)(1)--
(i) by striking ``Report; regulations'' and
inserting ``Regulations'';
(ii) by striking ``Within 1 year after''
and all that follows through ``on means of
assuring'' and inserting ``The Commission shall
issue such regulations as are necessary to
assure''; and
(iii) by striking ``Within 180 days after''
and all that follows through ``to assure such
compatibility.''; and
(O) in section 713--
(i) by striking subsection (a);
(ii) by redesignating subsections (b), (c),
(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (j) as subsections
(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h),
respectively;
(iii) in subsection (a), as redesignated,
by striking ``subsection (d)'' each place that
term appears and inserting ``subsection (c)'';
(iv) in subsection (b), as redesignated, by
striking ``subsection (b)'' each place that
term appears and inserting ``subsection (a)'';
(v) in subsection (c), as redesignated, by
striking ``subsection (b)'' and inserting
``subsection (a)'';
(vi) in subsection (e)(2)(A), as
redesignated, by striking ``subsection (h)''
and inserting ``subsection (g)''; and
(vii) in subsection (f), as redesignated,
by striking ``subsection (e)(2)'' and inserting
``subsection (d)(2)''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Middle class tax relief and job creation act of
2012.--Section 6401(b) of the Middle Class Tax Relief
and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1451(b)) is
amended--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking
``(15)(A)'' and inserting ``(14)(A)''; and
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking
``(16)(B)'' and inserting ``(15)(B)''.
(B) Title 17.--Title 17, United States Code, is
amended--
(i) in section 114(d)(1)(B)(iv), by
striking ``section 396(k)'' and inserting
``section 396(j)''; and
(ii) in section 119(a)--
(I) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii)--
(aa) in subclause (I), by
striking ``section 339(c)(3)''
and inserting ``section
339(c)(2)'';
(bb) in subclause (II), by
striking ``section 339(c)(4)''
and inserting ``section
339(c)(3)''; and
(cc) in subclause (III), by
striking ``section 339(c)(3)''
and inserting ``section
339(c)(2)'';
(II) in paragraph (3)(E), by
striking ``section 339(c)(2)'' and
inserting ``section 339(c)(1)''; and
(III) in paragraph (13), by
striking ``section 339(c)(2)'' and
inserting ``section 339(c)(1)''.
SEC. 4. EFFECT ON AUTHORITY.
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be
construed to expand or contract the authority of the Federal
Communications Commission.
SEC. 5. OTHER REPORTS.
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be
construed to prohibit or otherwise prevent the Federal Communications
Commission from producing any additional reports otherwise within the
authority of the Federal Communications Commission.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-58.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-58.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 100.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4059-4061; text as passed Senate: CR S4059-4061)
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