House Communications Subcommittee to Mark Up FCC Consolidated Reporting Act Wednesday
The House Communications Subcommittee will mark up the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act discussion draft at 10 a.m. Wednesday in 2123 Rayburn. “This bill is another important step in our efforts to cut red tape and modernize the FCC as we…
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bring our laws firmly into the 21st century,” Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., said in a statement. “A more efficient FCC will encourage further innovation, investment, and job creation, things that we can all get behind.” The 11-page discussion draft includes a section emphasizing that the bill will have no effect on FCC authority. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., introduced a companion bill (S-253) last week, which still has no co-sponsors and has a 16-page bill text. The House passed the legislation in the last Congress but it never advanced in the Senate. “By eliminating outdated studies and consolidating the ones that remain into a biennial release, the Commission will be more efficient and can provide more useful information,” a GOP House majority staff memo said of the discussion draft. “The draft also proposes a “State of the Industry” report, focused on the challenges and opportunities in the marketplace, as well as the chairperson’s plan of action.” Spokespeople for House Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Communications Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., didn’t comment.