Pallone, Doyle Praise House Passage of Maternal Health Broadband, Spectrum Bills
House Commerce Committee Democratic leaders hailed lawmakers Tuesday for passing (see 2204050066) the Data Mapping to Save Moms’ Lives Act (HR-1218) and Spectrum Coordination Act (HR-2501). HR-1218 and Senate-passed companion S-198 “will incorporate maternal mortality and morbidity data into” the…
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FCC’s “health mapping platform to better understand how access to broadband can improve our country’s response to maternal challenges and, ultimately, save mothers’ lives,” said House Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Communications Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle, D-Pa. HR-2501 would mandate changes to the FCC’s 2003 memorandum of understanding with NTIA, which will “improve their efforts to collectively oversee our airwaves.” The GPS Innovation Alliance praised the House for passing HR-2501. It’s “a step toward codifying important aspects of the FCC and NTIA’s recently announced” spectrum coordination work (see 2202150001) “and we strongly agree that improving the spectrum coordination process through a whole-of-government approach is necessary to strengthen our spectrum policy decision making,” said GPSIA acting Executive Director Alex Damato.