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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1273
To require the Federal Communications Commission to repeal unconstitu-
tional reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 24, 1999
Mr. OXLEY (for himself and Mr. HALL of Texas) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To require the Federal Communications Commission to re-
peal unconstitutional reporting and recordkeeping re-
quirements, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Communications Per-
sonnel Paperwork Reduction Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL REPORTING AND
RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REVISION OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—
(1) REPEALS REQUIRED.—Within 30 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission
shall repeal the following provisions of its regula-
tions:
(A) section 21.307 (47 C.F.R. 21.307),
other than paragraph (a) thereof;
(B) section 22.321 (47 C.F.R. 22.321),
other than the first undesignated paragraph
thereof;
(C) section 23.55 (47 C.F.R. 23.55), other
than paragraph (a) thereof;
(D) section 73.2080 (47 C.F.R. 73.2080),
other than paragraph (a) thereof;
(E) subpart E of part 76 (47 C.F.R. 76.71
et seq.), other than section 76.73(a);
(F) section 90.168 (47 C.F.R. 90.168),
other than the first undesignated paragraph
thereof; and
(G) section 100.51 (47 C.F.R. 100.51),
other than paragraph (a) thereof.
(2) AMENDMENT REQUIRED.—Within 30 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commis-
sion shall amend section 73.3615 of its regulations
(47 C.F.R. 73.3615) to eliminate any requirement
for the disclosure of race, ethnicity, or gender in the
ownership reports required by such section.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 334 of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 334) is repealed.
(2) Paragraph (11) of section 396(k) of such
Act (47 U.S.C. 396(k)(11)) is repealed.
(3) Section 398(b) of such Act (47 U.S.C.
398(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) Equal opportunity in employment shall be af-
forded to all persons by the Public Broadcasting Service
and National Public Radio (or any successor organization)
and by all public telecommunications entities receiving
funds pursuant to subpart C, and no person shall be sub-
jected to discrimination in employment by any recipient
on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, or
sex.’’.
(4) Section 634 of such Act (47 U.S.C. 554) is
amended by striking subsections (c) through (i).
SEC. 3. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION BY COMMISSION
PROHIBITED.
Section 4 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 154) is further amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(q) The Commission shall not discriminate in em-
ployment, or grant any preference in employment, on the
basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, or sex.’’.
SEC. 4. SAVINGS PROVISION.
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this
Act shall be construed to amend, limit, or otherwise affect
the provisions of any law relating to employment discrimi-
nation, other than the provisions of the Communications
Act of 1934 amended by this Act.
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