Markup of Eleven Bills in the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology relating to Public Safety, Media Diversity, and C-band.

Subcommittee on Communications and Technology (Committee on Energy and Commerce)

Tuesday, March 10, 2020 (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)

2123 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Text of Legislation

  • (01) H.R. 451, the "Don't Break Up the T-Band", introduced by Reps. Engel (D-NY), Zeldin (R-NY), Green (D-TX), and King (R-NY), was forwarded favorably to the full Committee, amended, by a voice vote. [PDF]
  • (02) H.R. 5926, the "Reinforcing and Evaluating Service Integrity, Local Infrastructure, and Emergency Notification for Today's Networks Act" or the "RESILIENT Network Act", introduced by Reps Pallone (D-NJ) and McNerney (D-CA), was forwarded favorably to the full Committee, without amendment, by a voice vote. [PDF]
  • (03) H.R. 6096, the "Reliable Emergency Alert Distribution Improvement Act of 2020" or the "READI Act", introduced by Reps. McNerney (D-CA), Bilirakis (R-FL), Olson (R-TX), and Gabbard (D-HI),, was forwarded favorably to the full Committee, without amendment, by a voice vote. [PDF]
  • (04) H.R. 4194, the "National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2019", introduced by Rep. Stewart (R-UT) and others, was forwarded favorably to the full Committee, amended, by a voice vote. [PDF]
  • (05) H.R. 5918, A bill to direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make improvements to network outage reporting- introduced by Reps. Matsui (D-CA), Eshoo (D-CA), Thompson (D-CA), and Huffman (D-CA), was forwarded favorably to the full Committee, without amendment, by a voice vote. [PDF]
  • (06) H.R. 1289, the “Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies (PHONE) Act of 2019”, introduced by Rep. Thompson (D-CA), was forwarded favorably to the full Committee, amended, by a voice vote. [PDF]
  • (07) H. Res. 549, a resolution reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to media diversity and pledging to eliminate barriers to such diversity, was introduced by Rep. Demings (D-FL) and others, was forwarded favorably to the full Committee, without amendment, by a voice vote. [PDF]
  • (08) H.R. 3957, the "Expanding Broadcast Ownership Opportunities Act of 2019”, introduced by Reps. Butterfield (D-NC), Clarke (D-NY), Cardenas (D-CA), Rush (D-IL), Veasey (D-TX), and Hastings (D-FL), was forwarded favorably to the full Committee, amended, by a voice vote. [PDF]
  • (09) H.R. 5567, the "Measuring the Economics Driving Investments and Access for Diversity Act of 2020” or the “MEDIA Diversity Act of 2020”, introduced by Reps. Long (R-MO) and Veasey (D-TX), was forwarded favorably to the full Committee, without amendment, by a voice vote. [PDF]
  • (10) H.R. 5564, the “Enhancing Broadcaster Diversity and Inclusion by Verifying and Ensuring the Reporting required by Statute Is Transpiring and Yielding Data Act” or the “Enhancing Broadcaster DIVERSITY Data Act”, introduced by Rep. Clarke (D-NY), was forwarded favorably to the full Committee, amended, by a voice vote. [PDF]
  • (11) H.R. 4855, the “Clearing Broad Airwaves for New Deployment Act” or the “C-BAND Act”, introduced by Reps. Doyle (D-PA), Johnson (R-OH), Matsui (D-CA), and Gianforte (R-MT), was forwarded favorably to the full Committee, without amendment, by a voice vote. [PDF]

Amendments

  • H.R. 4194: Amendment_01 in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 4194 offered by Reps. O'Halleran (D-AZ) and Gianforte (R-MT) was agreed to by a voice vote. [PDF] Added 03/09/2020 at 10:14 AM
  • H.R. 1289: Amendment_01 in the Nature of a Subsitute to H.R. 1289 offered by Rep. Eshoo (ED-CA), was agreed to by a voice vote. [PDF] Added 03/09/2020 at 10:14 AM
  • H.R. 3957: Amendment_01 in the Nature of a Substitute (H3957_ANS) offered by Rep. Butterfield (D-NC), was agreed to by a voice vote. [PDF] Added 03/09/2020 at 10:14 AM
  • H.R. 5564: Amendment_01 in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 5564 offered by Rep. Clarke (D-NY), was agreed to by a voice vote. [PDF] Added 03/09/2020 at 10:14 AM
  • H.R. 451: Amendment_01 offered by Rep. Walden (R-OR), was agreed to by a voice vote. [PDF] Added 03/10/2020 at 08:28 AM
  • H.R. 3957: Amendment_02 (INCUBATOR_05) offered by Mr. Walden (R-OR) was subsequently withdrawn. [PDF] Added 03/10/2020 at 08:28 AM

Support Documents

  • Notice of Markup [PDF]
  • Briefing Memo [PDF]
  • Subcommittee on Communications and Technology ~ Subcommittee Action Sheet ~ March 10, 2020 [PDF] Added 03/12/2020 at 05:33 PM

First Published: March 6, 2020 at 11:42 PM
Last Updated: March 12, 2020 at 06:23 PM


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