Senate Commerce Passes FCC Consolidated Reporting Bill

The Senate Commerce Committee approved the Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015 (S. 253), which now heads to the Senate floor for a vote.

The bill, introduced by Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) is the Senate version of a House bill that passed that body 411 to zip. The bill consolidates eight separate FCC reports to Congress, including the FCC's Sec. 706 report, into a single report on the state of the communications marketplace. It also gets rid of some outdated reports, including one on competition to the telegraph.