House Commerce Committee
Reps Pallone, Schakowsky Probe Apple Group FaceTime Bug (House Commerce Committee)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 16:42House Members to FCC Chairman Pai: It’s Oversight Time
House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.
House Commerce Committee Chairman Pallone Reintroduces Bill to Stop Robocalls (House Commerce Committee)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 02/04/2019 - 14:39
Chairmen Pallone and Doyle Question FCC on Potential Effort to Game Judicial Lottery
House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr.
Chairman Pallone Statement on Chairman Pai's Refusal to Brief Commerce Committee on Unauthorized Disclosure of Real-Time Location Data
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai refused to brief House Commerce Committee staff on why the FCC has yet to end wireless carriers’ unauthorized disclosure of consumers’ real-time location data and what actions the FCC has taken to address the issue to date.
House Commerce Chairman Pallone Requests Emergency FCC Briefing on Unauthorized Disclosure of Real-Time Location Data
House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai requesting he provide an emergency briefing to Committee staff on why the FCC has yet to end wireless carriers’ unauthorized disclosure of consumers’ real-time location data and what actions the FCC has taken to address the issue to date. Chairman Pallone wrote that an emergency briefing is necessary in the interest of public safety and national security, and therefore cannot wait until President Donald Trump decides to reopen the government.
House Commerce Chairman Pallone Announces Subcomittees
House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced the Committee’s six subcommittees for the 116th Congress.
Cybersecurity Strategy Report Prepared by the House Commerce Committee Majority Staff (House Commerce Committee)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 12/07/2018 - 13:35
House Passes SMART IoT Act
The House has passed, by a voice vote, the SMART (State of Modern Application, Research, and Trends) IoT (Internet of Things) Act (H.R. 6032). Authored by Consumer Digital Commerce Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta (R-OH) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT), the SMART IoT Act would direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study on the state of the internet-connected devices industry. The report is to be delivered to Congress within one year.
The legislation instructs the Sec of Commerce to
(1) develop and conduct a survey of the internet-connected devices industry including: