To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require identification and description on the website of the Federal Communications Commission of items to be decided on authority delegated by the Commission.

Bill: 115-hr-3289
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-18
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require identification and description on the website of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of items the FCC has delegated to commissioner panels, employee boards, or individual commissioners or employees, unless the publication is likely to lead to the disclosure of certain classified national defense or foreign policy matters, internal personnel practices, trade secrets, personal information, investigatory records for law enforcement, or other deliberation information exempt from disclosure under federal administrative procedure laws.</p> <p>The bill requires such identification and description be published on the FCC website at least 48 hours before an order, decision, report, or action is made or taken pursuant to such a delegation of authority by the FCC.</p> <p>The bill does not apply to an order, decision, report, or action that: (1) does not receive a delegated authority number, (2) is delegated to an administrative law judge, or (3) is taken to address an immediate threat to health or safety that constitutes an emergency requiring an expedited response from the FCC.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3289 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 18, 2017 Mr. Latta 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 identification and description on the website of the Federal Communications Commission of items to be decided on authority delegated by the Commission.

1. Identification and description of items to be decided on authority delegated by the Commission (a) In general Section 5(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 155(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (10) Not later than 48 hours before the time when an order, decision, report, or action is made or taken pursuant to delegation under paragraph (1), such order, decision, report, or action shall be identified and briefly described on the Internet website of the Commission, unless the authority to which the delegation is made for good cause finds that such identification and description are likely to lead to a result described in a paragraph of section 552b(c) of title 5, United States Code. This paragraph shall not apply with respect to an order, decision, report, or action that— (A) does not receive a delegated authority number pursuant to the procedures of the Commission; (B) is made or taken on authority delegated to an administrative law judge; or (C) is made or taken to address an immediate threat to health or safety that constitutes an emergency requiring an expedited response from the Commission. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to an order, decision, report, or action made or taken after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.