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Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI),
Chairman of the House
Energy & Commerce
Committee.
(House of Reps. Photo) |
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Rep. Greg Walden, W7EQI, Chairman of the Communications
and Technology Subcommittee (House of Reps. Photo) |
Citing the need for the law to keep pace with
rapidly-changing communications technology, the two Congressmen in charge of
telecommunications policy in the House of Representatives say they are planning
a comprehensive review and update of the Communications Act. Representatives
Fred Upton (R-MI) - Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee - and
Greg Walden, W7EQI (R-OR) - Chairman of the Communications and Technology
Subcommittee - say the effort will take over a year. Walden said the
Communications Act - first passed in 1934 and last updated in 1996 - is now
"painfully out of date" and said the committee's goal is "to
make sure this critical sector of our economy thrives because of the laws
around it, not in spite of them." No timeline was given in the committee's
announcement.
