2024 FAA Reauthorization – Key Developments Impacting Emerging Aviation

Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Chairman Brendan Carr released a tentative agenda for the FCC’s May Open Meeting headlined with a new proceeding that could remake aspects of the $4.5 billion High Cost program. The other three items on the May agenda advance existing efforts to improve the Broadband Data Collection (BDC), the robocall regulatory regime and the disaster outage reporting system. The FCC’s May Open Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, at 10:30 a.m. ET, and details on the four expected items to be considered at the Open Meeting are summarized below:

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a tentative agenda for the FCC’s April Open Meeting scheduled for Thursday, April 30 at 10:30 a.m. ET. The items on the April agenda reflect three of Chairman Brendan Carr’s top priorities: modernizing regulations governing satellite broadband, protecting consumers from unlawful robocalls and strengthening national security safeguards in the equipment authorization and telecommunications service rules. Details on the six items expected to be considered at the Open Meeting are summarized and discussed below:

The FCC issued a Public Notice seeking comment on ways to further unleash American drone dominance by enabling domestic unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and counter-UAS technologies.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Chairman Brendan Carr released a tentative agenda focused on consumer protection and America’s leadership in space for the FCC’s March Open Meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 26th at 10:30 a.m. ET. Details on the seven items expected to be considered at the Open Meeting are summarized and discussed below: