FCC Consolidated Reporting Act Clears Senate
The Senate approved the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act (S-253) Wednesday by unanimous consent. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., is the bill's backer. It cleared the Senate Commerce Committee in February, picking up Communications Subcommittee ranking member Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, as co-sponsor…
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then (see 1502260010). Senate Commerce released a 78-page report on the legislation in May. The legislation would "consolidate several reports of the [FCC] into a single biennial report on the state of the communications marketplace," as the report said. The House approved companion legislation 411-0 in February. "A centralized and consolidated report from the FCC will ensure Members are provided key information every Congress on competition in voice, video, and data delivery, while also eliminating outdated reports," Heller said in a statement Thursday. "We simply cannot move on a broad telecommunications rewrite without a clear picture of where the market is working and where potential failures exist, which this report will provide." Schatz issued a statement saying the legislation "shows that with every Member’s active involvement" and the Commerce Committee leadership in place now, "the Committee can find other opportunities to reach consensus on a range of important issues before it this Congress."