House Commerce Leaders Praise Passage of ICS, LPTV Bills
House Commerce Committee leaders hailed Friday's congressional passage (see 2212220075) of the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act (S-1541) and Low Power Protection Act (S-3405). S-1541’s language to require the FCC to factor industrywide average costs for telephone and…
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advanced communication services, along with safety and security costs, in new rate-setting cycles for services for the incarcerated, is “a well-documented way to produce better outcomes and lower rates of recidivism nationwide,” said House Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and lead sponsor Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill. “Exorbitant phone fees only serve to line industry pockets and harm families, but now that predatory practice will come to an end.” Low-power TV “stations play a critical role in ensuring access to local or specialized programming, especially in smaller communities and rural areas,” said House Commerce ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. HR-3405, which requires the FCC to open a window to allow low-power television stations to upgrade to better-protected Class A status (see 2206220070), “will help improve these services for people across the country.”