House Approves FCC Consolidated Reporting Act 411-0
The House approved the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act (HR-734) in a 411-0 vote Tuesday. House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., had requested a counting of the votes rather than advancing it under suspension of the rules. The bill “actually…
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reduces the workload at the FCC and streamlines the reporting process that for years and years has been outdated,” said Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., in a statement. “This is an important, bipartisan reform that shows that Congress can work together to get the kinds of things done that actually make things simpler in the real world and make an agency like the FCC operate more efficiently and in a manner consistent with the innovative era in which we live.” The Senate Commerce Committee is marking up companion legislation Thursday at a 10 a.m. executive session.