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Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2015

Introduced: March 17, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 17, 2015
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now March 17, 2015

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1