Pete Sessions: “My amendment is a simple contribution to this bill that I believe will bring some additional accountability and…”

“My amendment is a simple contribution to this bill that I believe will bring some additional accountability and enforcement to the FCC's current process of handling broadcasting complaints and proposed violation of FCC rules. My amendment to this legislation would give the General Accounting Office 1 year to study and report back to Congress on the number of complaints concerning the broadcasting of obscenity, indecency, and profane material to the Federal Communications Commission; the number of such complaints that result in final agency actions by the commission; the length of time taken by the commission in responding to such complaints; what mechanisms the commission has established to proceed, investigate, and respond to such complaints; and whether such complaints to the commission are adequately informed by the commission of their responses to those complainants. I believe that this amendment will help this body to conform with third-party data and the relevant facts and figures that the FCC is doing its utmost to carry out the intent of the important legislation that we are considering today.”