U.S. House Plans Hearings on Telecom Act of 96

The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet is expected to hold the first of four telecom hearings next week on updating The Telecommunications Act of 1996. Congressman Fred Upton (R-Michigan), who heads the subcommittee, expects that a bill will be introduced following the hearings and that it will be brought to the House floor for a vote by summer.http://energycommerce.house.gov/