US Congress Senate Bill 760 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 17 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2015 Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow a bipartisan majority of Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding a specified open meeting provision, to hold a meeting that is closed to the public to discuss official business if: (1) no agency action is taken, (2) each person present is an FCC Commissioner or employee or a member or person on the staff of a joint board or conference to which the FCC has referred a matter, and (3) an attorney from the FCC's Office of General Counsel is present. Defines "bipartisan majority" as a group of at least three Commissioners that includes: (1) for each political party of which any Commissioner is a member, at least one Commissioner who is a member of such political party; and (2) if any Commissioner has no political party affiliation, at least one unaffiliated Commissioner. Requires public disclosure of the meeting, attendees, and matters discussed.

Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2015

Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-17	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB1396 (Related) 2015-03-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/760/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s760/BILLS-114s760is.pdf