HR 2844 · 113th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013

Introduced 2013-07-26· Sponsored by Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.(2013-09-10)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2013-09-09
Roll #449
Yea 415Nay 0
Democrats
188 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
227 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2013-09-09
Roll #449
Yea 415Nay 0
Democrats
188 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
227 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish on its website and submit to Congress a biennial report on the state of the communications marketplace assessing: (1) competition, including intermodal, facilities-based, and new and emergent services competition and addressing the provision of content, as well as communications using the Internet; (2) deployment of communications capabilities, including whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion; and (3) whether laws, regulations, or regulatory practices pose a barrier to competitive entry or expansion of existing providers of communications services. Requires the FCC to: (1) compile a list of geographic areas that are not served by any provider of advanced telecommunications capability; and (2) consider market entry barriers for entrepreneurs and other small businesses in the communications marketplace in accordance with existing national policy favoring diversity of media voices, vigorous economic competition, technological advancemen…

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H.R. 2844, Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013

Aug 30, 2013

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 31, 2013

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Cosponsors (3)

1 Democrat2 Republicans