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Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act

Introduced: March 10, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Mar 15, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Mar 10, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 10, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow, notwithstanding a specified open meeting provision, three or more Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 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; (3) for each political party of which any Commissioner is a member, at least one Commissioner who is a member of the respective party is present, and, if any Commissioner has no party affiliation, at least one unaffiliated Commissioner is present; and (4) an attorney from the FCC's Office of General Counsel is present. Requires public disclosure of the meeting, attendees, and matters discussed.

Terminates the effectiveness of this Act five years after enactment.

What's happening now March 15, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1
STEARNS, CLIFF
· Feb 2, 2012
BARTON, JOE
· May 31, 2011
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Matsui, Doris O.
California · May 2, 2011
SHIMKUS, JOHN
· Mar 10, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1009: Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1009/
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"H.R. 1009: Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1009/.
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H.R. 1009, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1009/.
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