About the bill
H.R. 4986 reauthorizes the Federal Communications Commission for the first time in 28 years and establishes a number of reforms aimed at improving agency efficiency and transparency. The bill authorizes funding for broadcasters impacted by the Commission’s broadcaster repacking process and includes a section entitled “Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless Act”, or the “MOBILE NOW” Act. The bill authorizes $333 million for FY 18 and $339 million for FY 19. Specifically, the bill includes the following provisions:
- Natural Disaster Response – FCC is required to report on the public safety benefits, technical feasibility, and cost of making WiFi access points and other unlicensed spectrum technologies available to the public in times of emergency.
- Consolidates redundant FCC reports and provides conforming amendments to …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was incorporated into:
1 Cosponsor (1 Republican)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Greg Walden leads House passage of broadband growth and FCC modernization agreement”
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Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR2, 1999-2020]
(Co-sponsor)
on Mar 6, 2018
“Pallones SANDy Act and Viewer Protection Act Pass House (Video)”
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Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ6]
on Mar 6, 2018
“Guthrie-Matsui Spectrum Legislation Passes House”
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Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA7]
on Mar 6, 2018
History
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May 22, 2017
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Final Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
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Feb 8, 2018
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Introduced
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Feb 14, 2018
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Ordered Reported
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Feb 28, 2018
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Final Bill —
Passed Senate with Changes (back to House)
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Mar 6, 2018
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Passed House (Senate next)
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Mar 6, 2018
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Reported by House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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Mar 22, 2018
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Final Bill —
Passed House with Changes (back to Senate)
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Mar 23, 2018
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Final Bill —
Senate Agreed to Changes
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Mar 23, 2018
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Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
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H.R. 4986 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 4986. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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