(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 (j) of such section 13 shall apply with 
respect to 2016 and any year thereafter. 
(C) ANNUAL SCORECARD REPORTS.—Sub-
section (k) of such section 13 shall apply with 
respect to 2015 and any year thereafter. 
(D) INTERNET PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN 
FCC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Subsection 
(e) of such section 13 shall apply beginning on 
the date that is 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(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.
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’’. 
SEC. 6. REPORT ON IMPROVING SMALL BUSINESS PARTICI-
PATION IN FCC PROCEEDINGS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission, in
consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration, shall submit to Congress a report on— 
(1) actions that the Commission will take to im-
prove the participation of small businesses in the 
proceedings of the Commission; and 
(2) recommendations for any legislation that 
the Commission considers appropriate to improve 
such participation. 
SEC. 7. EXCLUSION FROM PAYGO SCORECARDS. 
(a) STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARDS.—The 
budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either 
PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of 
the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 
(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 
effects of this Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO 
scorecard maintained for purposes of section 201 of S. 
Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress). 
Passed the House of Representatives November 16, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2583 
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to pro-
vide for greater transparency and efficiency in 
the procedures followed by the Federal Commu-
nications Commission, and for other purposes.