The House passed the Federal Communications Consolidated Reporting Act (HR-3310)...
The House passed the Federal Communications Consolidated Reporting Act (HR-3310) by a voice vote on Wednesday evening. The bill (CD May 30 p8) would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to consolidate eight reports on the state of the communications…
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marketplace into one biennial report. The bill would repeal 12 different reports that are “no longer used,” said sponsor Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La. The bill also contains an amendment proposed by Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., which would require the FCC to consider “all forms of competition” in its reporting. The bill is a “common sense approach” that won’t require companies to have “massive compliance departments to comply with things that nobody reads,” Scalise said. Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., called the bill “a step forward to further ensuring transparency.” Commissioner Ajit Pai commended the passage of the bill and said the legislation would assist the FCC in producing reports to Congress in a timely manner. NCTA hailed Scalise’s effort to reduce the reporting burden on telecom providers, while CTIA urged the agency to further streamline its reporting processes.