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S 2817 113th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Advanced technology and technological innovations Congressional oversight Economic performance and conditions Employee hiring Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

HIRE Act

Introduced: September 16, 2014 Introduced by: Fischer, Deb Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
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Sep 16, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 16, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5632)
Sep 16, 2014
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Innovation and Reviving Entrepreneurship Act of 2014 or the HIRE Act - Requires the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) ensure that the FCC complies with deadlines for determining whether proposed new technologies or services are in the public interest; and (2) analyze the impact of each FCC-proposed regulation on innovation, economic growth, and job creation.

Directs the FCC to: (1) report to Congress regarding any failure to comply with such a deadline, and (2) update Congress regarding the reason for the delay at specified intervals until the FCC complies.

What's happening now September 16, 2014

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

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2817: HIRE Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2817/
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"S. 2817: HIRE Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2817/.
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S. 2817, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2817/.
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