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S 611 112th Congress Senate

FCC TECH Act

Official title: A bill to provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners.

Introduced: March 17, 2011 See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Executive agency funding and structureFederal Communications Commission (FCC)Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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Mar 17, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 17, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1832-1833)
Mar 17, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 17, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

FCC Technical Expertise Capacity Heightening Act or the FCC TECH Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to permit each commissioner to appoint an electrical engineer or computer scientist to provide technical consultation and to interface with the Office of Engineering and Technology and other Federal Communications Commission (FCC) bureaus and technical staff.

Directs the FCC Chairman to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to complete a specified study of, and report on, FCC technical policy decisionmaking and the technical personnel at the FCC.

Requires the FCC to biennially (currently, annually) review and report on competitive market conditions with respect to domestic and international satellite communications services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2102 Related bill FCC Commissioners' Technical Resource Enhancement Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Mar 17, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 611: FCC TECH Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-611/
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