A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to consolidate 
the reporting obligations of the Federal Communications 
Commission in order to improve congressional oversight 
and reduce reporting burdens. 
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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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Communica-
tions Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMUNICATIONS MARKETPLACE REPORT. 
Title I of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
151 et seq.) is 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 
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 
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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 
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. 450b)), 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 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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 
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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 
barriers for entrepreneurs and other small businesses 
in the communications marketplace in accordance 
with the national policy under section 257(b).’’. 
SEC. 3. 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. 
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(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-
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 
(n) as subsections (k) through (m), 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)’’. 
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(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— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘If the 
Commission’s determination is negative, it’’ and 
inserting ‘‘If the Commission determines in its 
report under section 14 of the Communications 
Act of 1934 that advanced telecommunications 
capability is not being deployed to all Americans 
in a reasonable and timely fashion, the Commis-
sion’’; and 
(B) by striking the first and second sen-
tences; 
(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). 
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(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.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (k); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (l) through 
(o) as subsections (k) through (n), respectively. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The Commu-
nications Act of 1934 is amended— 
(A) in section 9(i), by striking ‘‘In the 
Commission’s annual report, the Commission 
shall prepare an analysis of its progress in devel-
oping such systems and’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Commission’’; and 
(B) in section 309(j)(8)(B), by striking the 
last sentence. 
(j) ADDITIONAL OUTDATED REPORTS.—The Commu-
nications Act of 1934 is further amended— 
(1) in section 4— 
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(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 
(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)— 
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(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 
(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. 4. EFFECT ON AUTHORITY. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act shall be construed to expand or contract the authority 
of the Federal Communications Commission. 
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SEC. 5. OTHER REPORTS. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act shall be construed to prohibit or otherwise prevent the 
Federal Communications Commission from producing any 
additional reports otherwise within the authority of the 
Commission. 
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Union Calendar No. 136 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2844 
[Report No. 113–189] 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to con-
solidate the reporting obligations of the Federal 
Communications Commission in order to improve 
congressional oversight and reduce reporting bur-
dens. 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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