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House Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., and Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told us in recent days that negotiations on potential compromise spectrum legislative language for a budget reconciliation package remain in flux. They emphasized it's still uncertain there will be a deal to obligate an airwaves pipeline as part of the measure. Their comments contrasted with the optimism that Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., voiced in recent interviews about the prospects of a spectrum deal that would satisfy pro-DOD legislators, who have resisted reallocating military-controlled midband airwaves.
The California Assembly Committee on Communications moved forward a bill that would require ISPs operating in the state to offer affordable broadband to consumers. The committee voted 7-2 on Wednesday in favor of the bill, AB-353, with state Assemblymember Blanca Rubio (D) not voting. Assemblymember Tasha Boerner (D) introduced the bill in January (see 2502040033). If passed, ISPs would be required to cap such plans at $15 per month, with taxes and fees included.
States that support the FCC’s July order implementing the Martha Wright-Reed Act of 2022 (see 2501280053) defended it in a brief at the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. “Amici States operate correctional facilities covered by the Order and seek to maintain security within those facilities while enhancing broader public safety,” said the brief filed this week in docket 24-8028. It was signed by the District of Columbia, New York, California, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
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Several industry and consumer advocacy groups asked the California Public Utilities Commission to establish streamlined rules and ensure consumer protection as it considers revisions to technical regulations concerning the commission's facilities for interconnected VoIP service providers. In comments posted Tuesday (docket R2208008), some said they intend to participate in the CPUC's May 28 workshop to further discuss definitions of such facilities. Some also raised concerns about the commission's apparent direction toward providers operating in small independent local exchange carrier (ILEC) territories.
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Danielle Thumann, senior counsel to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, indicated on Tuesday that the commission is looking closely at changing its rules for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a step sought by CTIA (see 2503270059), as well as cutting regulations approved during the last administration. NEPA was the first issue Thumann raised while speaking at a Federalist Society 5G webinar.
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The FCC’s pressure campaign against corporate diversity initiatives lacks a clear basis in the rules and isn’t likely to fare well if it is tested in the courts, said panelists during a Broadband Breakfast webinar Wednesday.