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 
paragraph (1) not later than the date that is 30 days 
after the last day of the period covered by such report. 
‘‘(n) 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 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 
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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 Federal Communications Commission re-
quired by subsection (a)(1) of such section have 
taken effect. 
(B) PUBLICATION OF DOCUMENTS IN AD-
VANCE OF FCC VOTING.—Subsection (d) of such 
section 13 shall apply with respect to an order, 
decision, report, or action the text of which is 
placed on circulation after the date that is 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(C) TIMELY AVAILABILITY OF CHANGES TO 
RULES OF THE COMMISSION.—Subsection (e) of 
such section 13 shall apply with respect to a pro-
vision, or an amendment to or repeal of a provi-
sion, that is adopted after the date that is 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(D) INTERNET
PUBLICATION
OF
CERTAIN 
FCC
POLICIES
AND
PROCEDURES.—Subsection 
(g) of such section 13 shall apply beginning on 
the date that is 30 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(E) REPORT RELEASE SCHEDULES.—Sub-
section (l) of such section 13 shall apply with re-
spect to 2016 and any year thereafter. 
(F) ANNUAL
SCORECARD
REPORTS.—Sub-
section (m) 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. 
SEC. 3. 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 Federal Com-
munications Commission may not categorize an inquiry or 
complaint with respect to section 227 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) as being a wireline in-
quiry or complaint or a wireless inquiry or complaint un-
less the party whose conduct is the subject of the inquiry 
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or complaint is a wireline carrier or a wireless carrier, re-
spectively. 
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, ex-
cept 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 pro-
ceedings of the Commission; and 
(2) recommendations for any legislation that the 
Commission considers appropriate to improve such 
participation. 
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