Thune Pulling Together What He Anticipates Will Be Uncontroversial FCC Reauthorization Draft
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., is preparing his draft FCC reauthorization legislation, he told us Thursday. “It’s in the works,” Thune said. “I don’t know we’re ready to drop it yet.” He said the idea of introducing it…
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in the next day or two “might be a little ambitious.” The FCC has not been formally reauthorized since 1990, and Thune has said he anticipates FCC reauthorization moving forward by late summer or fall. “Yeah, it’s going to be largely things that most people I think agree on -- transparency, budget, process issues,” Thune said, stressing the draft would contain items that could garner bipartisan support. One telecom industry lobbyist told us that a reauthorization draft already seems well under development, with staffers tying up loose ends. The reauthorization draft is poised to be generally uncontroversial, the industry lobbyist said. Thune first mentioned his desire to reauthorize the FCC early this year (see 1502030039).