House To Vote on FCC Consolidated Reporting Act Tuesday
The House has set the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act (HR-734) for a floor vote Tuesday under suspension of the rules, a form of voting usually reserved for noncontroversial legislation. The House has approved versions of the legislation in the past…
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and it easily cleared the Communications Subcommittee and Commerce Committee earlier this year. Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., is the bill’s primary sponsor, along with Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., and subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif. House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, joined as a co-sponsor last week. Communications Subcommittee lawmakers reached a compromise on this legislation text to specify that its intent is not to touch FCC authority. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., has introduced the Senate companion. The Senate Commerce Committee plans an executive session at 10 a.m. Thursday to consider the Senate companion (S-253), said an agenda it released this week. House legislative business begins at 2 p.m. with votes at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.