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Union Calendar No. 451 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2589 
[Report No. 114–581] 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Commu-
nications Commission to publish on its Internet website changes to the 
rules of the Commission not later than 24 hours after adoption. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 1, 2015 
Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
MAY 23, 2016 
Additional sponsors: Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. LANCE, Mr. 
POMPEO, Mr. LONG, and Mr. STEWART 
MAY 23, 2016 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 1, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the 
Federal Communications Commission to publish on its 
Internet website changes to the rules of the Commission 
not later than 24 hours after adoption. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TIMELY AVAILABILITY OF ITEMS ADOPTED BY 
VOTE OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 4 of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(p) In the case of any item that is adopted by vote 
of the Commission, the Commission shall publish on the 
Internet website of the Commission the text of such item 
not later than 24 hours after the Secretary of the Commis-
sion has received dissenting statements from all Commis-
sioners wishing to submit such a statement with respect to 
such item.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply with respect to an item that is adopted 
after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal 
Communications Commission to publish on its Internet 
website the text of any item that is adopted by vote of 
the Commission not later than 24 hours after receipt of 
dissenting statements from all Commissioners wishing to 
submit such a statement with respect to such item.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 451 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2589 
[Report No. 114–581] 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to re-
quire the Federal Communications Commission 
to publish on its Internet website changes to the 
rules of the Commission not later than 24 hours 
after adoption. 
MAY 23, 2016 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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