‘‘(3) Publishing on the Commission’s website 
electronic copies of documents released under such 
section. 
‘‘(4) Presenting information about the Commis-
sion’s handling of requests under such section in the 
Commission’s annual budget estimates submitted to 
Congress and the Commission’s annual performance 
and financial reports. Such information shall include 
the number of requests under such section the Com-
mission received in the most recent fiscal year, the 
number of such requests granted and denied, a com-
parison of the Commission’s processing of such re-
quests over at least the previous 3 fiscal years, and 
a comparison of the Commission’s results with the 
most recent average for the United States Govern-
ment as published on www.foia.gov. 
‘‘(i) PROMPT RELEASE OF STATISTICAL REPORTS 
AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than January 
15th of each year, the Commission shall identify, catalog, 
and publish an anticipated release schedule for all statis-
tical reports and reports to Congress that are regularly 
or intermittently released by the Commission and will be 
released during such year. 
‘‘(j) ANNUAL SCORECARD REPORTS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the 1-year period be-
ginning on January 1st of each year, the Commis-
sion shall prepare a report on the performance of 
the Commission in conducting its proceedings and 
meeting the deadlines established under subsection 
(a)(2)(E) and the guidelines established under sub-
section (a)(2)(F). 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report required by 
paragraph (1) shall contain detailed statistics on 
such performance, including, with respect to each 
Bureau of the Commission— 
‘‘(A) with respect to each type of filing 
specified in subsection (a)(2)(E) or (a)(2)(F)— 
‘‘(i) the number of filings that were 
pending on the last day of the period cov-
ered by such report; 
‘‘(ii) the number of filings described 
in clause (i) for which each applicable 
deadline or guideline established under 
such subsection was not met and the aver-
age length of time such filings have been 
pending; and 
‘‘(iii) for filings that were resolved 
during such period, the average time be-
tween initiation and resolution and the 
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percentage for which each applicable dead-
line or guideline established under such 
subsection was met; 
‘‘(B) with respect to proceedings before an 
administrative law judge— 
‘‘(i) the number of such proceedings 
completed during such period; and 
‘‘(ii) the number of such proceedings 
pending on the last day of such period; and 
‘‘(C) the number of independent studies or 
analyses published by the Commission during 
such period. 
‘‘(3) PUBLICATION
AND
SUBMISSION.—The 
Commission shall publish and submit to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate each re-
port required by paragraph (1) not later than the 
date that is 30 days after the last day of the period 
covered by such report. 
‘‘(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AMENDMENT.—The term ‘amendment’ in-
cludes, when used with respect to an existing rule, 
the deletion of such rule. 
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‘‘(2) BIPARTISAN MAJORITY.—The term ‘bipar-
tisan majority’ means, when used with respect to a 
group of Commissioners, that such group— 
‘‘(A) is a group of 3 or more Commis-
sioners; and 
‘‘(B) includes, for each political party of 
which any Commissioner is a member, at least 
1 Commissioner who is a member of such polit-
ical party, and, if any Commissioner has no po-
litical party affiliation, at least one unaffiliated 
Commissioner. 
‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE MEASURE.—The term ‘per-
formance measure’ means an objective and quantifi-
able outcome measure or output measure (as such 
terms are defined in section 1115 of title 31, United 
States Code). 
‘‘(4) PROGRAM ACTIVITY.—The term ‘program 
activity’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1115 of title 31, United States Code, except that 
such term also includes any annual collection or dis-
tribution or related series of collections or distribu-
tions by the Commission of an amount that is great-
er than or equal to $100,000,000. 
‘‘(5) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘agency 
action’, ‘ex parte communication’, and ‘rule’ have 
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the meanings given such terms in section 551 of title 
5, United States Code.’’. 
(b) 
EFFECTIVE
DATES
AND
IMPLEMENTING 
RULES.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(A) NONPUBLIC COLLABORATIVE DISCUS-
SIONS.—Subsection (c) of section 13 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as added by sub-
section (a), shall apply beginning on the first 
date on which all of the procedural changes to 
the rules of the Federal Communications Com-
mission required by subsection (a)(1) of such 
section have taken effect. 
(B) REPORT RELEASE SCHEDULES.—Sub-
section (i) of such section 13 shall apply with 
respect to 2016 and any year thereafter. 
(C) ANNUAL SCORECARD REPORTS.—Sub-
section (j) of such section 13 shall apply with 
respect to 2015 and any year thereafter. 
(2) RULES.—Except as otherwise provided in 
such section 13, the Federal Communications Com-
mission shall promulgate any rules necessary to 
carry out such section not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 3. CATEGORIZATION OF TCPA INQUIRIES AND COM-
PLAINTS IN QUARTERLY REPORT. 
In compiling its quarterly report with respect to in-
formal consumer inquiries and complaints, the Federal 
Communications Commission may not categorize an in-
quiry or complaint with respect to section 227 of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) as being a 
wireline inquiry or complaint or a wireless inquiry or com-
plaint unless the party whose conduct is the subject of 
the inquiry or complaint is a wireline carrier or a wireless 
carrier, respectively. 
SEC. 4. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act shall relieve the Federal Communications Commission 
from any obligations under title 5, United States Code, 
except where otherwise expressly provided. 
SEC. 5. APPLICATION OF ANTIDEFICIENCY ACT TO UNI-
VERSAL SERVICE PROGRAM. 
Section 302 of Public Law 108–494 (118 Stat. 3998) 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2016’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
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