SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Communica-
tions Commission Process Reform Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. FCC PROCESS REFORM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 12 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 13. TRANSPARENCY AND EFFICIENCY. 
‘‘(a) INITIAL RULEMAKING AND INQUIRY.— 
‘‘(1) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of the Federal Com-
munications Commission Process Reform Act of 
2014, the Commission shall complete a rulemaking 
proceeding and adopt procedural changes to its rules 
to maximize opportunities for public participation 
and efficient decisionmaking. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR RULEMAKING.—The 
rules adopted under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) set minimum comment periods for 
comment and reply comment, subject to a de-
termination by the Commission that good cause 
exists for departing from such minimum com-
ment periods, for— 
‘‘(i) significant regulatory actions, as 
defined in Executive Order No. 12866; and 
‘‘(ii) all other rulemaking proceedings;
‘‘(B) establish policies concerning the sub-
mission of extensive new comments, data, or re-
ports towards the end of the comment period; 
‘‘(C) establish policies regarding treatment 
of comments, ex parte communications, and 
data or reports (including statistical reports 
and reports to Congress) submitted after the 
comment period to ensure that the public has 
adequate notice of and opportunity to respond 
to such submissions before the Commission re-
lies on such submissions in any order, decision, 
report, or action; 
‘‘(D) establish procedures for publishing 
the status of open rulemaking proceedings and 
proposed orders, decisions, reports, or actions 
on circulation for review by the Commissioners, 
including which Commissioners have not cast a 
vote on an order, decision, report, or action that 
has been on circulation for more than 60 days; 
‘‘(E) establish deadlines (relative to the 
date of filing) for— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a petition for a de-
claratory ruling under section 1.2 of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations, issuing a 
public notice of such petition;
‘‘(ii) in the case of a petition for rule-
making under section 1.401 of such title, 
issuing a public notice of such petition; 
and 
‘‘(iii) in the case of a petition for re-
consideration under section 1.106 or 1.429 
of such title or an application for review 
under section 1.115 of such title, issuing a 
public notice of a decision on the petition 
or application by the Commission or under 
delegated authority (as the case may be); 
‘‘(F) establish guidelines (relative to the 
date of filing) for the disposition of petitions 
filed under section 1.2 of such title; 
‘‘(G) establish procedures for the inclusion 
of the specific language of the proposed rule or 
the proposed amendment of an existing rule in 
a notice of proposed rulemaking; and 
‘‘(H) require notices of proposed rule-
making and orders adopting a rule or amending 
an existing rule that— 
‘‘(i) create (or propose to create) a 
program activity to contain performance 
measures for evaluating the effectiveness of 
the program activity; and
‘‘(ii) substantially change (or propose 
to substantially change) a program activity 
to contain— 
‘‘(I) performance measures for 
evaluating the effectiveness of the pro-
gram activity as changed (or proposed 
to be changed); or 
‘‘(II) a finding that existing per-
formance measures will effectively 
evaluate the program activity as 
changed (or proposed to be changed). 
‘‘(3) INQUIRY.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission Process Reform Act of 2014, the 
Commission shall complete an inquiry to seek public 
comment on whether and how the Commission 
should— 
‘‘(A) establish procedures for allowing a bi-
partisan majority of Commissioners to place an 
order, decision, report, or action on the agenda 
of an open meeting; 
‘‘(B) establish procedures for informing all 
Commissioners of a reasonable number of op-
tions available to the Commission for resolving
a petition, complaint, application, rulemaking, 
or other proceeding; 
‘‘(C) establish procedures for ensuring that 
all Commissioners have adequate time, prior to 
being required to decide a petition, complaint, 
application, rulemaking, or other proceeding 
(including at a meeting held pursuant to section 
5(d)), to review the proposed Commission deci-
sion document, including the specific language 
of any proposed rule or any proposed amend-
ment of an existing rule; 
‘‘(D) establish procedures for publishing 
the text of agenda items to be voted on at an 
open meeting in advance of such meeting so 
that the public has the opportunity to read the 
text before a vote is taken; 
‘‘(E) establish deadlines (relative to the 
date of filing) for disposition of applications for 
a license under section 1.913 of title 47, Code 
of Federal Regulations; 
‘‘(F) assign resources needed in order to 
meet the deadlines described in subparagraph 
(E), including whether the Commission’s ability 
to meet such deadlines would be enhanced by