Title: To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revoke certain changes to the ownership reporting requirements for noncommercial educational broadcast stations.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke changes to FCC regulations adopted on January 8, 2016, in the matter of Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcasting Services that require ownership reports to include information about the officers and governing board members of noncommercial educational broadcast stations.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 583 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 583

   To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revoke certain 
   changes to the ownership reporting requirements for noncommercial 
                    educational broadcast stations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 17, 2017

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revoke certain 
   changes to the ownership reporting requirements for noncommercial 
                    educational broadcast stations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. RELIEF FROM CERTAIN OWNERSHIP REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR 
              NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL BROADCAST STATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, except as provided in subsection (b), the 
Federal Communications Commission shall take all actions necessary to--
            (1) revoke the changes to paragraphs (d), (e), and (f) of 
        section 73.3615 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, and 
        to Schedule 323-E of FCC Form 2100 that were adopted by the 
        Commission on January 8, 2016, in the Report and Order, Second 
        Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration in the matter of 
        Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcasting 
        Services (FCC 16-1); and
            (2) maintain in effect or restore to effect such paragraphs 
        and such Form as in effect immediately before the adoption of 
        such Report and Order.
    (b) Retention of Change to Filing Deadline for Biennial Reports.--
In taking the actions required by subsection (a), the Commission shall 
retain the filing deadline of December 1 in all odd-numbered years for 
biennial ownership reports of noncommercial educational broadcast 
stations, but with information current as of a date not more than 60 
days prior to the filing of the report. Nothing in this subsection 
shall be construed to prohibit the Commission from changing such 
deadline in a rulemaking proceeding that is conducted separately from 
any proceeding in which the Commission takes the actions required by 
subsection (a).
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