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12/06/2019
Lawmakers Criticize FCC on Flawed Maps, Communications
Subcmte members from both sides of the aisle criticized FCC chmn Ajit Pai’s announcement of a $9bln 5G Fund that would replace the Mobility Fund Phase II.
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11/21/2019
Bill Would Make Retrans Good Faith Rules Permanent
House Commerce unanimously approved a compromise bill Wednesday that would make permanent the requirement that broadcasters and MVPDs negotiate retransmission consent in good faith.
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11/20/2019
STELAR Still in Markup
At our deadline Tuesday, the House Commerce committee was still in the process of marking up 18 bills, including the TV Viewer Protection Act that would extend the STELAR satellite distant signal license by five years, extend good faith retrans negotiating provisions to collective buying groups (like NCTC) and require greater bill/advertising transparency on price.
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11/15/2019
STELAR Bill Forwarded to Full Committee by House Commerce Subcmte
House Commerce’s Communications subcmte agreed unanimously to move chmn Mike Doyle’s (D-PA) STELAR reauthorization bill that includes retrans reforms and bill transparency requirements on to the full committee, but the minority reserved the right to vote against it down the line.
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10/29/2019
Walden Announces Upcoming Retirement
House Commerce ranking member Greg Walden (R-OR) will retire when this Congress ends in January 2021, Politico first reported.
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05/09/2019
House Passes Bill to Track Federal Funding for Broadband
The House passed a bipartisan bill Wednesday aimed at coordinating and tracking federal funding for broadband across all agencies.