Pub. L. 115-141, div. P, tit. IV, sec. 402 (as amended)
CONSOLIDATION OF REDUNDANT REPORTS; CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
SEC. 402. CONSOLIDATION OF REDUNDANT REPORTS; CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) ORBIT Act Report.—Section 646 of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 765e; 114 Stat. 57) is repealed.
(b) Satellite Competition Report.—Section 4 of Public Law 109-34 (47 U.S.C. 703) is repealed.
(c) International Broadband Data Report.—Section 103(b)(1) of the Broadband Data Improvement Act (47 U.S.C. 1303(b)(1)) is amended by striking “the assessment and report” and all that follows through “Federal Communications Commission” and inserting “its report under section 13 of the Communications Act of 1934, the Federal Communications Commission”.
(d) Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming Report.—Section 628 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 548) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (g);
(2) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (g); and
(3) by transferring subsection (g) (as redesignated) so that it appears after subsection (f).
(e) Report on Cable Industry Prices.—Section 623(k) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 543(k)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “annually publish” and inserting “publish with its report under section 13”; and
(2) in the heading of paragraph (2), by striking “annual”.
(f) Triennial Report Identifying and Eliminating Market Entry Barriers for Entrepreneurs and Other Small Businesses.—Section 257 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 257) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(g) State of Competitive Market Conditions With Respect to Commercial Mobile Radio Services.—Section 332(c)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(1)(C)) is amended by striking the first and second sentences.
(h) Previously Eliminated Annual Report.—
(1) In general.—Section 4 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154) is amended—
(A) by striking subsection (k); and
(B) by redesignating subsections (l) through (o) as subsections (k) through (n), respectively.
(2) Conforming amendment.—Section 309(j)(8)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B)) is amended by striking the last sentence.
(i) Additional Outdated Reports.—The Communications Act of 1934 is further amended—
(1) in section 4—
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii), by striking “and shall furnish notice of such action” and all that follows through “subject of the waiver”; and
(B) in subsection (g), by striking paragraph (2);
(2) in section 215—
(A) by striking subsection (b); and
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b);
(3) in section 227(e), by striking paragraph (4);
(4) in section 309(j)—
(A) by striking paragraph (12); and
(B) in paragraph (15)(C), by striking clause (iv);
(5) in section 331(b), by striking the last sentence;
(6) in section 336(e), by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
“(4) Report.—The Commission shall annually advise the Congress on the amounts collected pursuant to the program required by this subsection.”
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(7) in section 339(c), by striking paragraph (1);
(8) in section 396—
(A) by striking subsection (i);
(B) in subsection (k)—
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (F); and
(ii) in paragraph (3)(B)(iii), by striking subclause (V);
(C) in subsection (l)(1)(B), by striking “shall be included” and all that follows through “The audit report”; and
(D) by striking subsection (m);
(9) in section 398(b)(4), by striking the third sentence;
(10) in section 624A(b)(1)—
(A) by striking “Report; regulations” and inserting “Regulations”;
(B) by striking “Within 1 year after” and all that follows through “on means of assuring” and inserting “The Commission shall issue such regulations as are necessary to assure”; and
(C) by striking “Within 180 days after” and all that follows through “to assure such compatibility.”; and
(11) in section 713, by striking subsection (a).
- Public laws referenced
- 109-34