Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · HR

H.R. 539 (113th)

Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

6 February 2013

Last action

8 February 2013 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Sponsors

Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7], Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

13 January 2026

Summary

Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow a bipartisan majority of Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding a specified open meeting provision, to hold a meeting that is closed to the public to discuss official business if: (1) no agency action is taken, (2) each person present is an FCC Commissioner or employee or a member or person on the staff of a joint board to which the FCC has referred a matter under such Act, and (3) an attorney from the FCC's Office of General Counsel is present. Defines "bipartisan majority of Commissioners" as at least three Commissioners including at least one Commissioner for each political party of which any Commissioner is a member and at least one unaffiliated Commissioner if any Commissioner has no political affiliation. Requires public disclosure of the meeting, attendees, and matters discussed.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 6 February 2013

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 6 February 2013

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 6 February 2013

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 8 February 2013

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in House (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House (text)

    Introduced in House · EN · 6 February 2013

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in House (PDF)

    Introduced in House · EN · 6 February 2013

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in House

    summary · EN · 6 February 2013

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.