‘‘(1) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Commis-
sion shall complete a rulemaking proceeding and 
adopt procedural changes to its rules to maximize op-
portunities for public participation and efficient deci-
sionmaking. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
RULEMAKING.—The 
rules adopted under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) set minimum comment periods for 
comment and reply comment, subject to a deter-
mination by the Commission that good cause ex-
ists for departing from such minimum comment 
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 in 
the proceedings described in clauses (i) and (ii) 
of subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(C) establish policies regarding treatment 
of comments, ex parte communications, and data 
or reports (including statistical reports and re-
ports to Congress) submitted after the comment 
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period in the proceedings described in clauses (i) 
and (ii) of subparagraph (A) to ensure that the 
public has adequate notice of and opportunity to 
respond to such submissions before the Commis-
sion relies on such submissions in any order, de-
cision, report, or action; 
‘‘(D) establish procedures for, not later than 
14 days after the end of each quarter of a cal-
endar year (or more frequently, as the Commis-
sion considers appropriate), publishing on the 
Internet website of the Commission and submit-
ting to Congress a report that contains— 
‘‘(i) the status of open rulemaking pro-
ceedings and proposed orders, decisions, re-
ports, 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; 
‘‘(ii) for the petitions, applications, 
complaints, and other requests for action by 
the Commission that were pending at the 
Commission on the last day of such quarter 
(or more frequent period, as the case may 
be)— 
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‘‘(I) the number of such requests, 
broken down by the bureau primarily 
responsible for action and, for each bu-
reau, the type of request (such as a pe-
tition, application, or complaint); and 
‘‘(II) information regarding the 
amount of time for which such requests 
have been pending, broken down as de-
scribed in subclause (I); and 
‘‘(iii) a list of the congressional inves-
tigations of the Commission that were pend-
ing on the last day of such quarter (or more 
frequent period, as the case may be) and the 
cost of such investigations, individually and 
in the aggregate; 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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 rulemaking 
and orders adopting a rule or amending an ex-
isting rule that— 
‘‘(i) create (or propose to create) a pro-
gram activity to contain performance meas-
ures for evaluating the effectiveness of the 
program activity; and 
‘‘(ii) substantially change (or propose 
to substantially change) a program activity 
to contain— 
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‘‘(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 this section, 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 options 
available to the Commission for resolving a peti-
tion, 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 (in-
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cluding 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 amendment 
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 li-
cense 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 as-
sessing a fee from applicants for such a license; 
and 
‘‘(G) except as otherwise provided in section 
4(o), publish each order, decision, report, or ac-
tion not later than 30 days after the date of the 
adoption of such order, decision, report, or ac-
tion. 
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‘‘(4) DATA FOR PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—The 
Commission shall develop a performance measure or 
proposed performance measure required by this sub-
section to rely, where possible, on data already col-
lected by the Commission. 
‘‘(5) GAO AUDIT.—Not less frequently than every 
6 months, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall audit the cost estimates provided by the 
Commission under paragraph (2)(D)(iii) during the 
preceding 6-month period. 
‘‘(b) PERIODIC REVIEW.—On the date that is 5 years 
after the completion of the rulemaking proceeding under 
subsection (a)(1), and every 5 years thereafter, the Commis-
sion shall initiate a new rulemaking proceeding to continue 
to consider such procedural changes to its rules as may be 
in the public interest to maximize opportunities for public 
participation and efficient decisionmaking. 
‘‘(c) NONPUBLIC COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
552b of title 5, United States Code, a bipartisan ma-
jority of Commissioners may hold a meeting that is 
closed to the public to discuss official business if— 
‘‘(A) a vote or any other agency action is 
not taken at such meeting; 
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‘‘(B) each person present at such meeting is 
a Commissioner, an employee of the Commission, 
a member of a joint board or conference estab-
lished under section 410, or a person on the staff 
of such a joint board or conference or of a mem-
ber of such a joint board or conference; and 
‘‘(C) an attorney from the Office of General 
Counsel of the Commission is present at such 
meeting. 
‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE
OF
NONPUBLIC
COLLABO-
RATIVE DISCUSSIONS.—Not later than 2 business days 
after the conclusion of a meeting held under para-
graph (1), the Commission shall publish a disclosure 
of such meeting, including— 
‘‘(A) a list of the persons who attended such 
meeting; and 
‘‘(B) a summary of the matters discussed at 
such meeting, except for such matters as the 
Commission determines may be withheld under 
section 552b(c) of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(3) PRESERVATION
OF
OPEN
MEETINGS
RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR AGENCY ACTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall limit the applicability of section 552b 
of title 5, United States Code, with respect to a meet-
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ing of Commissioners other than that described in 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION ON COMMIS-
SION’S WEBSITE.—The Commission shall provide direct ac-
cess from the homepage of its website to— 
‘‘(1) detailed information regarding— 
‘‘(A) the budget of the Commission for the 
current fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) the appropriations for the Commission 
for such fiscal year; and 
‘‘(C) the total number of full-time equiva-
lent employees of the Commission; and 
‘‘(2) the performance plan most recently made 
available by the Commission under section 1115(b) of 
title 31, United States Code. 
‘‘(e) INTERNET PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN FCC POLI-
CIES AND PROCEDURES.—The chairman of the Commission 
shall— 
‘‘(1) publish on the Internet website of the Com-
mission any policies or procedures of the Commission 
that— 
‘‘(A) are established by the chairman; and 
‘‘(B) relate to the functioning of the Com-
mission or the handling of the agenda of the 
Commission; and 
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‘‘(2) update such publication not later than 48 
hours after the chairman makes changes to any such 
policies or procedures. 
‘‘(f) FEDERAL REGISTER PUBLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any document 
adopted by the Commission that the Commission is 
required, under any provision of law, to publish in 
the Federal Register, the Commission shall, not later 
than the date described in paragraph (2), complete all 
Commission actions necessary for such document to be 
so published. 
‘‘(2) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date described in 
this paragraph is the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) the day that is 45 days after the date 
of the release of the document; or 
‘‘(B) the day by which such actions must be 
completed to comply with any deadline under 
any other provision of law. 
‘‘(3) NO EFFECT ON DEADLINES FOR PUBLICA-
TION IN OTHER FORM.—In the case of a deadline that 
does not specify that the form of publication is publi-
cation in the Federal Register, the Commission may 
comply with such deadline by publishing the docu-
ment in another form. Such other form of publication 
does not relieve the Commission of any Federal Reg-
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ister publication requirement applicable to such docu-
ment, including the requirement of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(g) CONSUMER COMPLAINT DATABASE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In evaluating and processing 
consumer complaints, the Commission shall present 
information about such complaints in a publicly 
available, searchable database on its website that— 
‘‘(A) facilitates easy use by consumers; and 
‘‘(B) to the extent practicable, is sortable 
and accessible by— 
‘‘(i) the date of the filing of the com-
plaint; 
‘‘(ii) the topic of the complaint; 
‘‘(iii) the party complained of; and 
‘‘(iv) other elements that the Commis-
sion considers in the public interest. 
‘‘(2) DUPLICATIVE COMPLAINTS.—In the case of 
multiple complaints arising from the same alleged 
misconduct, the Commission shall be required to in-
clude only information concerning one such com-
plaint in the database described in paragraph (1) 
and shall take any other steps the Commission finds 
prudent to avoid publishing inaccurate or misleading 
data. 
‘‘(h) FORM OF PUBLICATION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In complying with a re-
quirement of this section to publish a document, the 
Commission shall publish such document on its 
website, in addition to publishing such document in 
any other form that the Commission is required to use 
or is permitted to and chooses to use. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Commission shall by rule 
establish procedures for redacting documents required 
to be published by this section so that the published 
versions of such documents do not contain— 
‘‘(A) information the publication of which 
would be detrimental to national security, home-
land security, law enforcement, or public safety; 
or 
‘‘(B) information that is proprietary or 
confidential. 
‘‘(i) TRANSPARENCY RELATING TO PERFORMANCE IN 
MEETING FOIA REQUIREMENTS.—The Commission shall 
take additional steps to inform the public about its perform-
ance and efficiency in meeting the disclosure and other re-
quirements of section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), 
including by doing the following: 
‘‘(1) Publishing on the Commission’s website the 
Commission’s logs for tracking, responding to, and 
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‘‘(j) PROMPT RELEASE OF STATISTICAL REPORTS AND 
REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than January 15th of 
each year, the Commission shall identify, catalog, and pub-
lish an anticipated release schedule for all statistical reports 
and reports to Congress that are regularly or intermittently 
released by the Commission and will be released during such 
year. 
‘‘(k) ANNUAL SCORECARD REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the 1-year period begin-
ning on January 1st of each year, the Commission 
shall prepare a report on the performance of the Com-
mission in conducting its proceedings and meeting 
the deadlines established under subsection (a)(2)(E) 
and the guidelines established under subsection 
(a)(2)(F). 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each report required by para-
graph (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 spec-
ified 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; 
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‘‘(ii) the number of filings described in 
clause (i) for which each applicable deadline 
or guideline established under such sub-
section was not met and the average length 
of time such filings have been pending; and 
‘‘(iii) for filings that were resolved dur-
ing such period, the average time between 
initiation and resolution and the percentage 
for which each applicable deadline or guide-
line 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 Com-
mission shall publish and submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate each report required by 
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paragraph (1) not later than the date that is 30 days 
after the last day of the period covered by such report. 
‘‘(l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AMENDMENT.—The term ‘amendment’ in-
cludes, when used with respect to an existing rule, the 
deletion of such rule. 
‘‘(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 three or more Commis-
sioners; and 
‘‘(B) includes, for each political party of 
which any Commissioner is a member, at least 
one Commissioner who is a member of such po-
litical party, and, if any Commissioner has no 
political party affiliation, at least one unaffili-
ated 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 
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term also includes any annual collection or distribu-
tion or related series of collections or distributions by 
the Commission of an amount that is greater than or 
equal to $100,000,000. 
‘‘(5) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘agency 
action’, ‘ex parte communication’, and ‘rule’ have 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 Com-
munications Act of 1934, as added by subsection 
(a), shall apply beginning on the first date on 
which all of the procedural changes to the rules 
of the Commission 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 re-
spect to 2019 and any year thereafter. 
(C) ANNUAL
SCORECARD
REPORTS.—Sub-
section (k) of such section 13 shall apply with re-
spect to 2018 and any year thereafter. 
(D) INTERNET
PUBLICATION
OF
CERTAIN 
FCC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Subsection (e) 
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of such section 13 shall apply beginning on the 
date that is 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) RULES.—Except as otherwise provided in 
such section 13, the Commission 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. 202. CATEGORIZATION OF TCPA INQUIRIES AND COM-
PLAINTS IN QUARTERLY REPORT. 
In compiling its quarterly report with respect to infor-
mal consumer inquiries and complaints, the Commission 
may not categorize an inquiry or complaint with respect 
to section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 227) as being a wireline inquiry or complaint or 
a wireless inquiry or complaint unless the party whose con-
duct is the subject of the inquiry or complaint is a wireline 
carrier or a wireless carrier, respectively. 
SEC. 203. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS. 
Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 
title shall relieve the Commission from any obligations 
under title 5, United States Code, except where otherwise 
expressly provided. 
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SEC. 204. 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, 2018’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
SEC. 205. REPORT ON IMPROVING SMALL BUSINESS PAR-
TICIPATION IN FCC PROCEEDINGS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Commission, in consultation with the Ad-
ministrator 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 pro-
ceedings of the Commission; and 
(2) recommendations for any legislation that the 
Commission considers appropriate to improve such 
participation. 
SEC. 206. 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: 
‘‘(o) 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 7 days after the Secretary of the Commission 
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has received dissenting statements from all Commissioners 
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. 
TITLE III—SECURING ACCESS TO 
NETWORKS IN DISASTERS 
SEC. 301. STUDY ON NETWORK RESILIENCY. 
Not later than 36 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress, and 
make publically available on the Commission’s website, a 
study on the public safety benefits and technical feasibility 
and cost of— 
(1) making telecommunications service provider- 
owned WiFi access points, and other communications 
technologies operating on unlicensed spectrum, avail-
able to the general public for access to 9–1–1 services, 
without requiring any login credentials, during times 
of emergency when mobile service is unavailable; 
(2) the provision by non-telecommunications 
service provider-owned WiFi access points of public 
access to 9–1–1 services during times of emergency 
when mobile service is unavailable; and 
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(3) other alternative means of providing the pub-
lic with access to 9–1–1 services during times of emer-
gency when mobile service is unavailable. 
SEC. 302. ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS DUR-
ING FEDERALLY DECLARED EMERGENCIES. 
Section 427(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189e(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘tele-
communications service’’ and inserting ‘‘wireline 
or mobile telephone service, Internet access serv-
ice, radio or television broadcasting, cable serv-
ice, or direct broadcast satellite service’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
semicolon and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) as clauses (i) through (v), respec-
tively; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) is a tower owner or operator;’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘(1) provides’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1)(A) provides’’. 
SEC. 303. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this title— 
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(1) the term ‘‘mobile service’’ means commercial 
mobile service (as defined in section 332 of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332)) or commer-
cial mobile data service (as defined in section 6001 of 
the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 
2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401)); 
(2) the term ‘‘WiFi access point’’ means wireless 
Internet access using the standard designated as 
802.11 or any variant thereof; and 
(3) the term ‘‘times of emergency’’ means either 
an emergency as defined in section 102 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), or an emergency as declared by 
the governor of a State or territory of the United 
States. 
TITLE IV—FCC CONSOLIDATED 
REPORTING 
SEC. 401. COMMUNICATIONS MARKETPLACE REPORT. 
Title I of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended 
by section 201(a), is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 14. COMMUNICATIONS MARKETPLACE REPORT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the last quarter of every even- 
numbered year, the Commission shall publish on its website 
and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
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the House of Representatives and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on the state of the communications marketplace. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report required by subsection 
(a) shall— 
‘‘(1) assess the state of competition in the com-
munications marketplace, including competition to 
deliver voice, video, audio, and data services among 
providers of telecommunications, providers of com-
mercial mobile service (as defined in section 332), 
multichannel video programming distributors (as de-
fined in section 602), broadcast stations, providers of 
satellite communications, Internet service providers, 
and other providers of communications services; 
‘‘(2) assess the state of deployment of commu-
nications 
capabilities, 
including 
advanced 
tele-
communications capability (as defined in section 706 
of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 
1302)), regardless of the technology used for such de-
ployment, including whether advanced telecommuni-
cations capability is being deployed to all Americans 
in a reasonable and timely fashion; 
‘‘(3) assess whether laws, regulations, or regu-
latory practices (whether those of the Federal Govern-
ment, States, political subdivisions of States, Indian 
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tribes or tribal organizations (as such terms are de-
fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), or 
foreign governments) pose a barrier to competitive 
entry into the communications marketplace or to the 
competitive expansion of existing providers of commu-
nications services; 
‘‘(4) describe the agenda of the Commission for 
the next 2-year period for addressing the challenges 
and opportunities in the communications marketplace 
that were identified through the assessments under 
paragraphs (1) through (3); and 
‘‘(5) describe the actions that the Commission 
has taken in pursuit of the agenda described pursuant 
to paragraph (4) in the previous report submitted 
under this section. 
‘‘(c) EXTENSION.—If the President designates a Com-
missioner as Chairman of the Commission during the last 
quarter of an even-numbered year, the portion of the report 
required by subsection (b)(4) may be published on the 
website of the Commission and submitted to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate as an addendum during the first quar-
ter of the following odd-numbered year. 
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‘‘(d) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) ASSESSING COMPETITION.—In assessing the 
state of competition under subsection (b)(1), the Com-
mission shall consider all forms of competition, in-
cluding the effect of intermodal competition, facilities- 
based competition, and competition from new and 
emergent communications services, including the pro-
vision of content and communications using the 
Internet. 
‘‘(2) ASSESSING DEPLOYMENT.—In assessing the 
state of deployment under subsection (b)(2), the Com-
mission shall compile a list of geographical areas that 
are not served by any provider of advanced tele-
communications capability. 
‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS AND DEMO-
GRAPHIC INFORMATION.—The Commission may use 
readily available data to draw appropriate compari-
sons between the United States communications mar-
ketplace and the international communications mar-
ketplace and to correlate its assessments with demo-
graphic information. 
‘‘(4) CONSIDERING SMALL BUSINESSES.—In as-
sessing the state of competition under subsection 
(b)(1) and regulatory barriers under subsection 
(b)(3), the Commission shall consider market entry 
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barriers for entrepreneurs and other small businesses 
in the communications marketplace in accordance 
with the national policy under section 257(b). 
‘‘(5) CONSIDERING CABLE RATES.—In assessing 
the state of competition under subsection (b)(1), the 
Commission shall include in each report required by 
subsection (a) the aggregate average total amount 
paid by cable systems in compensation under section 
325 during the period covered by such report.’’. 
SEC. 402. CONSOLIDATION OF REDUNDANT REPORTS; CON-
FORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) ORBIT ACT REPORT.—Section 646 of the Commu-
nications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 765e; 114 Stat. 
57) is repealed. 
(b) SATELLITE COMPETITION REPORT.—Section 4 of 
Public Law 109–34 (47 U.S.C. 703) is repealed. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL BROADBAND DATA REPORT.—Sec-
tion 103 of the Broadband Data Improvement Act (47 
U.S.C. 1303) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
as subsections (b) through (d), respectively. 
(d) STATUS OF COMPETITION IN THE MARKET FOR 
THE DELIVERY OF VIDEO PROGRAMMING REPORT.—Sec-
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tion 628 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
548) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (g); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection 
(g); and 
(3) by transferring subsection (g) (as redesig-
nated) so that it appears after subsection (f). 
(e) REPORT ON CABLE INDUSTRY PRICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 623 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 543) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (k); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (l) through 
(o) as subsections (k) through (n), respectively. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
613(a)(3) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 533(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘623(l)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘623(k)’’. 
(f) TRIENNIAL REPORT IDENTIFYING
AND ELIMI-
NATING MARKET ENTRY BARRIERS FOR ENTREPRENEURS 
AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES.—Section 257 of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 257) is amended by 
striking subsection (c). 
(g) SECTION 706 REPORT.—Section 706 of the Tele-
communications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION.—If the Commission determines 
in its report under section 14 of the Communications Act 
of 1934, after considering the availability of advanced tele-
communications capability to all Americans (including, in 
particular, elementary and secondary schools and class-
rooms), that advanced telecommunications capability is not 
being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely 
fashion, the Commission shall take immediate action to ac-
celerate deployment of such capability by removing barriers 
to infrastructure investment and by promoting competition 
in the telecommunications market.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (c); 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘this sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’; and 
(4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(c). 
(h) STATE
OF COMPETITIVE MARKET CONDITIONS 
WITH RESPECT TO COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERV-
ICES.—Section 332(c)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(1)(C)) is amended by striking the 
first and second sentences. 
(i) PREVIOUSLY ELIMINATED ANNUAL REPORT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154), as amended by sec-
tion 206(a), is further amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (k); 
(B) by redesignating subsections (l) through 
(n) as subsections (k) through (m), respectively; 
and 
(C) by redesignating the first subsection (o) 
(relating to use of radio and wire communica-
tions in connection with safety of life and prop-
erty) as subsection (n). 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
309(j)(8)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B)) is amended by striking the last 
sentence. 
(j) ADDITIONAL OUTDATED REPORTS.—The Commu-
nications Act of 1934 is further amended— 
(1) in section 4— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and shall furnish notice of such action’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘subject of the waiver’’; and 
(B) in subsection (g), by striking paragraph 
(2); 
(2) in section 215— 
(A) by striking subsection (b); and 
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(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b); 
(3) in section 227(e), by striking paragraph (4); 
(4) in section 309(j)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (12); and 
(B) in paragraph (15)(C), by striking 
clause (iv); 
(5) in section 331(b), by striking the last sen-
tence; 
(6) in section 336(e), by amending paragraph 
(4) to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—The Commission shall annually 
advise the Congress on the amounts collected pursuant 
to the program required by this subsection.’’; 
(7) in section 339(c), by striking paragraph (1); 
(8) in section 396— 
(A) by striking subsection (i); 
(B) in subsection (k)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking sub-
paragraph (F); and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(B)(iii), by strik-
ing subclause (V); 
(C) in subsection (l)(1)(B), by striking 
‘‘shall be included’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘The audit report’’; and 
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(D) by striking subsection (m); 
(9) in section 398(b)(4), by striking the third 
sentence; 
(10) in section 624A(b)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘REPORT; REGULATIONS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘REGULATIONS’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Within 1 year after’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘on means of assuring’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Commission shall issue such 
regulations as are necessary to assure’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Within 180 days after’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘to assure such com-
patibility.’’; and 
(11) in section 713, by striking subsection (a). 
SEC. 403. EFFECT ON AUTHORITY. 
Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 
title shall be construed to expand or contract the authority 
of the Commission. 
SEC. 404. OTHER REPORTS. 
Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 
title shall be construed to prohibit or otherwise prevent the 
Commission from producing any additional reports other-
wise within the authority of the Commission. 
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(2) shall, while serving under paragraph (1), re-
main subject to the provisions of section 8G of such 
Act which, immediately before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, applied with respect to the Inspector 
General of the Commission and suffer no reduction in 
pay. 
SEC. 502. AUTHORITY OF CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall ensure that 
the Chief Information Officer of the Commission has a sig-
nificant role in— 
(1) the decision-making process for annual and 
multi-year planning, programming, budgeting, and 
execution decisions, related reporting requirements, 
and reports related to information technology; 
(2) the management, governance, and oversight 
processes related to information technology; and 
(3) the hiring of personnel with information 
technology responsibilities. 
(b) CIO APPROVAL.—The Chief Information Officer of 
the Commission, in consultation with the Chief Financial 
Officer of the Commission and budget officials, shall specify 
and approve the allocation of amounts appropriated to the 
Commission for information technology, consistent with the 
provisions of appropriations Acts, budget guidelines, and 
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recommendations from the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget. 
SEC. 503. SPOOFING PREVENTION. 
(a) EXPANDING
AND CLARIFYING PROHIBITION
ON 
MISLEADING OR INACCURATE CALLER IDENTIFICATION IN-
FORMATION.— 
(1) 
COMMUNICATIONS
FROM
OUTSIDE
THE 
UNITED STATES.—Section 227(e)(1) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(1)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘in connection with any telecommuni-
cations service or IP-enabled voice service’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or any person outside the United States if 
the recipient is within the United States, in connec-
tion with any voice service or text messaging service’’. 
(2) COVERAGE OF TEXT MESSAGES AND VOICE 
SERVICES.—Section 227(e)(8) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘tele-
communications service or IP-enabled voice serv-
ice’’ and inserting ‘‘voice service or a text mes-
sage sent using a text messaging service’’; 
(B) in the first sentence of subparagraph 
(B), by striking ‘‘telecommunications service or 
IP-enabled voice service’’ and inserting ‘‘voice 
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service or a text message sent using a text mes-
saging service’’; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(C) TEXT MESSAGE.—The term ‘text mes-
sage’— 
‘‘(i) means a message consisting of 
text, images, sounds, or other information 
that is transmitted to or from a device that 
is identified as the receiving or transmit-
ting device by means of a 10-digit telephone 
number or N11 service code; 
‘‘(ii) includes a short message service 
(commonly referred to as ‘SMS’) message 
and a multimedia message service (com-
monly referred to as ‘MMS’) message; and 
‘‘(iii) does not include— 
‘‘(I) a real-time, two-way voice or 
video communication; or 
‘‘(II) a message sent over an IP- 
enabled messaging service to another 
user of the same messaging service, ex-
cept a message described in clause (ii). 
‘‘(D) TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE.—The term 
‘text messaging service’ means a service that en-
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ables the transmission or receipt of a text mes-
sage, including a service provided as part of or 
in connection with a voice service. 
‘‘(E) VOICE SERVICE.—The term ‘voice serv-
ice’— 
‘‘(i) means any service that is inter-
connected with the public switched telephone 
network and that furnishes voice commu-
nications to an end user using resources 
from the North American Numbering Plan 
or any successor to the North American 
Numbering Plan adopted by the Commis-
sion under section 251(e)(1); and 
‘‘(ii) includes transmissions from a 
telephone facsimile machine, computer, or 
other device to a telephone facsimile ma-
chine.’’. 
(3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 227(e) of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)) 
is amended in the heading by inserting ‘‘MISLEADING 
OR’’ before ‘‘INACCURATE’’. 
(4) REGULATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 227(e)(3)(A) of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
227(e)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Not later 
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than 6 months after the date of enactment of the 
Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009, the Commis-
sion’’ and inserting ‘‘The Commission’’. 
(B) DEADLINE.—The Commission shall pre-
scribe regulations to implement the amendments 
made by this subsection not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date that is 
6 months after the date on which the Commission pre-
scribes regulations under paragraph (4). 
(b) CONSUMER EDUCATION MATERIALS ON HOW TO 
AVOID SCAMS THAT RELY UPON MISLEADING OR INAC-
CURATE CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT
OF
MATERIALS.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Commission, in coordination with the Federal 
Trade Commission, shall develop consumer education 
materials that provide information about— 
(A) ways for consumers to identify scams 
and other fraudulent activity that rely upon the 
use of misleading or inaccurate caller identifica-
tion information; and 
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(B) existing technologies, if any, that a con-
sumer can use to protect against such scams and 
other fraudulent activity. 
(2) CONTENTS.—In developing the consumer 
education materials under paragraph (1), the Com-
mission shall— 
(A) identify existing technologies, if any, 
that can help consumers guard themselves 
against scams and other fraudulent activity that 
rely upon the use of misleading or inaccurate 
caller identification information, including— 
(i) descriptions of how a consumer can 
use the technologies to protect against such 
scams and other fraudulent activity; and 
(ii) details on how consumers can ac-
cess and use the technologies; and 
(B) provide other information that may 
help consumers identify and avoid scams and 
other fraudulent activity that rely upon the use 
of misleading or inaccurate caller identification 
information. 
(3) UPDATES.—The Commission shall ensure 
that the consumer education materials required under 
paragraph (1) are updated on a regular basis. 
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