Communications Act Forces FCC to Regulate Sectors Differently, CRS Reports
Despite some restructuring, the FCC remains tethered to a Communications Act that requires it "to regulate the various industry sectors differently," said a Congressional Research Service overview of the agency. "Some policymakers have been critical of the FCC and the…
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manner in which it regulates various sectors of the telecommunications industry -- telephone, cable television, radio and television broadcasting, and some aspects of the Internet," CRS said. "These policymakers, including some in Congress, have long called for varying degrees and types of reform to the FCC. Most proposals fall into two categories: (1) procedural changes made within the FCC or through congressional action that would affect the agency’s operations or (2) substantive policy changes requiring congressional action that would affect how the agency regulates different services and industry sectors."