To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to publish on its Internet website the text of any item that is adopted by vote of  the Commission not later than 24 hours after receipt of dissenting statements from all Commissioners wishing to submit such a statement with respect to such item.

Bill: 114-hr-2589
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2015-06-01
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), within 24 hours after adopting, repealing, or amending a provision that appears or will appear in the Code of Federal Regulations, to publish on the FCC website the text of the provisions it is adopting or repealing or the text indicating how the provision is being amended.</p>

action_date: 2016-05-23
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p> (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), for items adopted by an FCC vote, to publish on the FCC website the text of such items within 24 hours after the FCC Secretary has received dissenting statements from all commissioners wishing to submit a statement with respect to such items.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2589 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 1, 2015 Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to publish on its Internet website changes to the rules of the Commission not later than 24 hours after adoption.

1. Timely availability of changes to rules 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: (p) Not later than 24 hours after adopting a provision that will appear in the Code of Federal Regulations, or an amendment to or repeal of a provision that appears in the Code of Federal Regulations, the Commission shall publish on the Internet website of the Commission the text of the provision adopted or repealed, or the text indicating how the provision is being amended, as the case may be. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to a provision, or an amendment to or repeal of a provision, that is adopted after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

tv_txt: IIB 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2589 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 24, 2016 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation AN ACT To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to publish on its Internet website the text of any item that is adopted by vote of the Commission not later than 24 hours after receipt of dissenting statements from all Commissioners wishing to submit such a statement with respect to such item.

1. 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: (p) 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 24 hours after the Secretary of the Commission 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.

Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2016. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2589 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to publish on its Internet website the text of any item that is adopted by vote of the Commission not later than 24 hours after receipt of dissenting statements from all Commissioners wishing to submit such a statement with respect to such item.

1. 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: (p) 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 24 hours after the Secretary of the Commission 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.

Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2016. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 451 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2589 [Report No. 114–581] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 1, 2015 Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce May 23, 2016 Additional sponsors: Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Lance , Mr. Pompeo , Mr. Long , and Mr. Stewart May 23, 2016 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 1, 2015 A BILL To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to publish on its Internet website changes to the rules of the Commission not later than 24 hours after adoption.

1. 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: (p) 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 24 hours after the Secretary of the Commission 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.

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to publish on its Internet website the text of any item that is adopted by vote of the Commission not later than 24 hours after receipt of dissenting statements from all Commissioners wishing to submit such a statement with respect to such item. .

May 23, 2016 Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed