Scalise bill to streamline FCC reporting passes House

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) said the passage of his legislation to increase the efficiency and productivity of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday was a “crucial step in streamlining the way the FCC does business.”

“This legislation will not only help the FCC operate more efficiently, it will bring its processes into the 21st century and help it operate in a manner consistent with the innovative era in which we live,” Scales said.

The Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015 passed unanimously in the House with a vote of 411-0. The bipartisan bill  will allow the FCC to operate more efficiently by eliminating outdated and irrelevant mandates – dealing primarily with landline telephone service and such outdated technology as the telegraph – which were written many years ago and which no longer reflect the current communications economy.

“The FCC Consolidated Reporting Act is common sense reform and an important step in the process of making the FCC more efficient and modernized by eliminating outdated mandates,” Scalise explained when introducing the legislation earlier this month.