US Congress House Bill 539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013 - 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 to which the FCC has referred a matter under such Act, and (3) an attorney from the FCC's Office of General Counsel is present. Defines "bipartisan majority of Commissioners" as at least three Commissioners including at least one Commissioner for each political party of which any Commissioner is a member and at least one unaffiliated Commissioner if any Commissioner has no political affiliation. Requires public disclosure of the meeting, attendees, and matters discussed.

Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013

Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. John Shimkus [R-IL]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2013-02-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

SB245 (Same As) 2013-02-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/539/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr539/BILLS-113hr539ih.pdf