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House Commerce
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01/27/2020
Lawmakers Question NTIA’s Role in Spectrum Management
House Commerce chmn Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and ranking member Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter to the US Government Accountability Office Friday urging it to conduct an updated review of the NTIA’s federal spectrum management processes.
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12/18/2019
On the Hill
The House on Tuesday passed a $1.4 trillion spending bill that updates rules around STELAR and makes permanent the requirement for broadcasters and MVPDs to negotiate retrans in good faith. The Senate is
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12/17/2019
House Leaders Not So Sure on T-Mobile/Sprint
House Commerce chmn Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and House Judiciary chmn Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to FCC chmn Ajit Pai Monday with a number of concerns related to the pending merger of T-Mobile and Sprint.
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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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11/19/2019
Welcome Back, Ajit Pai
House Commerce will put the FCC in the spotlight again on Dec 5, holding an oversight meeting on the agency.
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11/19/2019
House Judiciary Circulates STELAR Bill
House Judiciary chmn Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) has put forth STELAR legislation, just as House Commerce gets ready to markup its version of the bill.