6/26. The Senate Commerce Committee (SCC) is scheduled to continue the mark up of the "Communications, Consumers’ Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act", which it began on Thursday, June 22, 2006.

See, story titled "Senate Commerce Committee Begins Mark Up of Communications Reform Bill" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,398, June 23, 2006.

The SCC is marking up the third discussion draft [159 pages in PDF] of the bill. The bill was introduced as S 2686, but is now numbered HR 5252, which is the number of the House COPE Act.

On June 22, the SCC dealt with over twenty amendments. Most were in a managers package that was approved without debate or objection. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), the Chairman of the SCC, told reporters after the meeting that there are over one hundred amendments. He said that he hoped that the mark up would be completed on June 27, but that if it is not, it will continue on Wednesday, June 28. He said "It depends on the patience of the Committee."

The SCC is proceeding title by title. It has completed consideration of amendments to Title I, and started on Title II. There are ten titles.

Sen. Stevens (at right) discussed net neutrality after the June 22 mark up. The following is the entirety of his comments.

"If this is not a bipartisan bill, I have never seen one. But there is still objections from the other side, that is true. And, based on one issue, one issue, and it would all go away. And that is net neutrality. I firmly believe that we have done what we need to do about net neutrality in this bill. We have consumer protection at the FCC. In addition to that, we have the FCC ready to raise the flag anytime they see anything they can define as net neutrality."

"No one has been able to define net neutrality to me yet. So, I don't see legislating on something that no one can define. But if the FCC can find something, to define this net neutrality problem, they can raise the flag. And, I am willing to put in this bill a provision that gives a fast track to any legislation that is necessary to meet that objection. But, until someone really defines it, why should we destroy a bill, and we will, if that net neutrality provision goes in this bill, the other side is going to vote against it. So, just make up your mind now."

"I think we have got the votes to get the bill out of committee. The question is whether we have sixty votes. In the end, people are going to have to see that net neutrality, the legislation may come about, if anyone ever figures out what it is."

"Today it is a fear of enormous entities, all of which have buildings full of lawyers. Now, why should we hire millions of lawyers at the FCC to try and control those people. Let them --. We provide that the antitrust laws apply to communications period. So, if there is any antitrust activity, let them fight it out in the courts. And remember, there is treble damages for antitrust. So, that is a real whopper. That is much better than having the right to go to the FCC, the right to go to court, on any communications antitrust activity."

Sen. Stevens was also asked whether or not this bill is now a major rewrite of the communications laws. He said that "This is a new communications bill. It is trying to level the field between telecommunications, communications, information services, and data services, whatever ..."

Sen. Stevens was also asked if he "intervened at the FCC to stop the must-carry vote, because you wanted to take care of must carry, digital must carry, multicast must carry, in this bill?" He responded that "It's not true. I made a misstatement ... but other than that I have said nothing about that it." See, story titled "FCC Drops Multicast Must Carry Item" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,394, June 19, 2006.

6/26. Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the state of New York, wrote a letter [3 pages in PDF] to Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) and Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) urging them to include a network neutrality mandate, such as that contained in S  2917, the "Internet Freedom Preservation Act, in the Senate Commerce Committee's communications reform bill. He also wants state AGs to have enforcement authority.

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) introduced S 2917 on May 19, 2006. See, story titled "Snowe and Dorgan Introduce Net Neutrality Bill" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,375, May 22, 2006.

AG Spitzer wrote that "Recent concentration in the communications industry places net neutrality in jeopardy. As a result of the mergers of SBC with AT&T and Verizon with MCI, two companies now own half of the nation's Internet backbone facilities. These two companies are also vertically integrated businesses that dominate data and voice telecommunications, and provide a large and growing share of broadband Internet access to customers of all sizes."

Spitzer continued that "AT&T and Verizon have wasted no time in stating their plans to abandon nondiscriminatory treatment of Internet traffic in favor of giving priority to content supplied by their own subsidiaries and affiliates, and charging unaffiliated Internet content providers a premium if they wish to receive the same treatment." (Footnote omitted.)

He wrote that "Such unprecedented discriminatory policies would create ``fast lanes´´ for content offered by larger, well-funded businesses and ``slow lanes´´ for all others. It would restrict the unfettered flow of information that has made the Internet so invaluable to our open democratic society, and it would threaten to disrupt the Internet's robust e-commerce."

Spitzer added that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) "should be authorized to enforce these provisions through compliance orders, including stiff penalties, and awarding damages to competitors, consumers and Internet users who are harmed by an Internet backbone or service provider's illegal actions."

S 2917 would also give enforcement authority to the FCC. However, Spitzer urged the Senate to also allow state enforcement, and private lawsuits. He wrote that "State Attorneys General and private parties should also be authorized to bring civil actions in any U.S. District Court to enforce these provisions."

6/26. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Jonathan Liebowitz gave a speech [12 pages in PDF] at a meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Marrakech, Morocco, regarding access to the Whois database.

He stated that "The FTC believes that the Whois databases, despite their limitations, are nevertheless critical to the agency’s consumer protection mission, to other law enforcement agencies around the world, and to consumers. The use of these databases to protect consumers is at risk as a result of the Generic Names Supporting Organization’s ("GNSO") recent vote to define the purpose of Whois data as technical only. The FTC is concerned that any attempt to limit Whois to this narrow purpose will put its ability to protect consumers and their privacy in peril."

He added that the "Whois databases often are one of the first tools FTC investigators use to identify wrongdoers." He related numerous FTC consumer protection cases, and the role played by the Whois database in the FTC's investigations.

The FTC announced in a release that it approved Liebowitz's statement by a 5-0 vote.

6/23. Claire Reade was named Chief Counsel for China Trade Enforcement at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). She is an attorney in the Washington DC office of the law firm of Arnold & Porter. See, USTR release and A&P release.

6/23. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) created of a new intellectual property office, to be headed by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Victoria Espinel. She has worked at the USTR since 2001. She previously worked for the law firms of Covington & Burling and Sidley Austin. See, USTR release.

6/23. Stanford McCoy was named Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property Enforcement Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). The USTR stated in a release that he "will lead the office’s intellectual property enforcement efforts, with a special focus on priority countries, including China and Russia". He was previously Associate General Counsel at the USTR. Before going to work at the USTR, he worked at the law firm of Covington & Burling.

6/21. John Imhoff was named the Deputy Chief, Criminal Investigation (CI), of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). See, IRS release. Christopher Wagner was named Deputy Commissioner of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TE/GE) Division. See, IRS release. Frank Ng was named Deputy Commissioner, Large and Mid-Size Business (International). See, IRS release.

6/27. The Copyright Office published a notice in the Federal Register a minor technical amendment to its rules regarding notices of termination of transfers and licenses to clarify determination of the date on which notice was served. It provides that in instances where first class mail is used, the date on which notice of termination is served is the day on which the notice was mailed. See, Federal Register, June 27, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 123, at Page 36486.

6/26. The U.S. Court of Appeals (9thCir) issued its opinion [25 pages in PDF] in Davel v. Qwest, a dispute between pay phone service providers and Qwest regarding payment for access. This opinion addresses the payphone industry provisions of 47 U.S.C. § 276, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) payphone orders, the filing of tariffs, the primary jurisdiction doctrine, the filed rate doctrine, and the statute of limitations contained in 47 U.S.C. § 415. This case is Davel Communications, Inc., et al. v. Qwest Corporation, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, App. Ct. No. 04-35677, an appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, D.C. No. CV-03-03680-MJP, Judge Marsha Pechman presiding.

6/26. The Progress and Freedom Foundation (PFF) released a paper titled "Social Networking Websites & Child Protection: Toward a Rational Dialogue", by the PFF's Adam Thierer. The paper praises the "beneficial side of social networking, and indeed the Internet as a whole, for children", and suggests that the government should be putting perverts in jail for longer terms, rather than attempting to regulating access to social networking web sites. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold two hearings titled "Making the Internet Safe for Kids: The Role of ISP’s and Social Networking Sites" on Tuesday, June 27, and Wednesday, June 28. It will hear from representatives of myspace.com and facebook.com on June 28.

6/26. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice in the Federal Register that states that it is changing its procedures regarding when the examination of a patent  application may be accelerated. New patent applications are normally taken up for examination in the order of their United States filing date. The notice states that "Under one of these procedures, the USPTO will advance an application out of turn for examination if the applicant files a grantable petition to make special under the accelerated examination program. The USPTO is revising its procedures for applications made special under the accelerated examination program with the goal of completing examination within twelve months of the filing date of the application. The USPTO is similarly revising the procedures for other petitions to make special, except those based on applicant's health or age or the recently announced Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program between the USPTO and the Japan Patent Office." These changes apply to petitions to make special filed on or after August 25, 2006. See, Federal Register, June 26, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 122, at Pages 36323-36327. See also, USPTO release.

6/23. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on its "modified plan to remove the paper search collection of marks that include design elements from the USPTO's Trademark Search Facility and replace them with electronic documents. The USPTO has determined that the paper search collection is no longer necessary due to the availability and reliability of the USPTO's electronic search system." Comments are due by August 22, 2006. See, Federal Register, June 23, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 121, at Pages 36065-36068.

6/23. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a notice in the Federal Register that announces, recites, explains, and sets the effective date (June 23, 2006) for, changes to its Hart Scott Rodino (HSR) premerger notification rules. These rule changes allow the submission of HSR filings over the internet. See, Federal Register, June 23, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 121, at Pages 35995-36007.

6/20. The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) released a paper [12 pages in PDF] titled "Preserving the Essential Internet". It advocates legislation to protect "internet" neutrality, rather than "network" neutrality. It states that "the focus of the debate today should be squarely on preserving the openness of the Internet -- as opposed to other, non-Internet services that also may be carried over broadband networks. We believe that companies investing in broadband networks should be free to use those networks for a wide range of non-Internet services on terms and conditions of their own choosing. For that reason, we believe that ``Internet´´ neutrality better reflects the proper scope of the issue than does ``network´´ neutrality. Our recommendation is to distinguish between ``networks´´ and ``the Internet´´ and to focus the policy debate on the latter." It states that legislation should not address "cable television and other non-Internet services" offered over broadband networks, but that "In the absence of legislated safeguards, there is a real risk that network providers will not choose to retain the core elements of Internet neutrality. This risk, and the potential consequences, are simply too great to take no action."

6/26. The Attorney General Alberto Gonzales released a statement regarding rain related flooding of the basement of Department of Justice's (DOJ) headquarters building: "Like several other buildings along Constitution Avenue, the Department of Justice Robert F. Kennedy (Main Justice) Building experienced basement flooding during last night's storm. The building has also experienced storm-related electrical outages. The Department is in the process of implementing our well established continuity of operations plan to ensure that all essential Justice Department functions continue to operate efficiently in the designated alternate locations. Only a tiny fraction - less than 2 percent - of the Department's 120,000 person work force operates out of the affected building and all impacted and essential personnel are now working out of designated alternate locations. We are working around the clock to restore operational capacity to the building although it is unclear at this time when the building will be functional."

6/26. The Department of Commerce (DOC) released a statement: "The Commerce Department's Herbert C. Hoover Building (HCHB) will be open for normal business on Tuesday, June 27, 2006."

The House will meet at 9:00 AM for morning hour, and at 10:00 AM for legislative business. It may begin consideration of HR 5672, the "Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2007", subject to a rule. This bill includes appropriations for many technology related entities, including the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Antitrust Division, and numerous units of the Department of Justice involved in electronic surveillance and data collection. See, Republican Whip Notice.

The Senate will meet at 9:45 AM. It will resume consideration of SJRes 12, the flag protection amendment.

10:00 AM. The Senate Commerce Committee (SCC) will continue its mark up of the "Communications, Consumer's Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006". Press contact: Aaron Saunders (Stevens) at 202-224-3991 or Andy Davis (Inouye) at 202-224-4546. The meeting will be webcast by the SCC. Location: Room 216, Hart Building.

10:00 AM. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold the first of two hearings titled "Making the Internet Safe for Kids: The Role of ISP’s and Social Networking Sites". The witnesses will be Chris Hansen (NBC News), John Ryan (American Online Inc.), Dave Baker (EarthLink), Elizabeth Banker (Yahoo), Tom Dailey (Verizon), Philip Reitinger (Microsoft), Gerard Lewis (Comcast), and Nicole Wong (Google). See, notice. The hearing will be webcast by the HCC. Press contact: Larry Neal (Barton) at 202-225-5735 or Terry Lane (Barton) at 202-225-5735. Location: Room 2123, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM. The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Henry Paulson to be Secretary of the Treasury. See, notice. Location: Room 106, Dirksen Building.

POSTPONED. 10:00 AM. The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on the nomination of Eric Solomon, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy. See, notice. Location: Room 215, Dirksen Building.

12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The DC Bar Association's Intellectual Property Law Section will host a panel discussion titled "Nuts and Bolts of Section 337 Practice Before the International Trade Commission". The speakers will include Maureen Browne (Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg) and Karin Norton (US International Trade Commission). The price to attend ranges from $15-$40. For more information, call 202-626-3463. See, notice. Location: D.C. Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street NW, B-1 Level.

12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM. The DC Bar Association's Taxation Section will host a panel discussion titled "Taxing the Digital World: How do States Tax Downloads and other Electronic Stuff?". The speakers will include Mark Nebergall (Software Finance and Tax Executives Council), Matthew Tomalis (Federation of Tax Administrators), and Stephen Kranz (Council On State Taxation). The price to attend ranges from $15-$27. For more information, call 202-626-3463. See, notice. Location: D.C. Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street NW, B-1 Level.

CANCELLED. 6:00 - 8:15 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Transactional Practice Committee will host a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar titled "Private Equity Fund and Lender Issues in FCC-Regulated Businesses". See, registration form [PDF]. Prices vary. The deadline to register is 5:00 PM on June 23. Location: Akin Gump, 1333 New Hampshire Ave., NW.

12:00 NOON. The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) will host a panel discussion titled "Policymakers' Guide to Radio Frequency Identification". The participants will include Robert Cresanti (Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology) and Dan Caprio (Progress & Freedom Foundation). See, notice. Location: Room B339, Rayburn Building, Capitol Hill.

2:00 PM. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet will hold a hearing titled "The Audio and Video Flags: Can Content Protection and Technological Innovation Coexist?". The witnesses will be Mitch Bainwol (Recording Industry Association of America), Andrew Levin (Clear Channel Communications, on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters), Stewart Harris (Songwriters Guild of America), Ruth Ziegler (Sirius Satellite Radio), Fritz Attaway (Motion Picture Association of America), Gary Shapiro (Consumer Electronics Association), and Gigi Sohn (Public Knowledge). See, notice. The hearing will be webcast by the HCC. Press contact: Larry Neal (Barton) at 202-225-5735 or Terry Lane (Barton) at 202-225-5735. Location: Room 2322, Rayburn Building.

Day one of a four day conference hosted by the Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI). At 8:30 AM, FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein will speak. At 8:50 AM, there will be a panel discussion titled "The Great Debate: BWA Spectrum For Consumer Broadband And/Or Public Safety?". At 4:45 PM there will be an panel discussion titled "Wireless Stakes In The 'Net Neutrality' Debate". See, conference web site. Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC.

The House will meet at at 10:00 AM for legislative business. It may consider HR 5672, the "Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2007", subject to a rule. See, Republican Whip Notice.

10:00 AM. The Senate Commerce Committee (SCC) may continue its mark up of the "Communications, Consumer's Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act of 2006". Press contact: Aaron Saunders (Stevens) at 202-224-3991 or Andy Davis (Inouye) at 202-224-4546. The meeting will be webcast by the SCC. Location: Room 216, Hart Building.

10:00 AM. The Senate Finance Committee will meet to mark up several bills, including S 1321, the "Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005", and S 3569, the "U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act". See, notice. Location: Room 215, Dirksen Building.

10:00 AM. The House Financial Services Committee's (HFSC) Subcommittee on Capital Markets will hold a hearing titled "Investor Protection: A Review of Plaintiffs’ Attorney Abuses in Securities Litigation and Legislative Remedies". See also, story titled "Milberg Weiss Indicted for Paying Illegal Kickbacks to Class Action Plaintiffs" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,375, May 22, 2006. Location: Room 2128, Rayburn Building.

10:00 AM - 12:00 NOON. The Department of State's (DOS) International Telecommunication Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet to prepare for the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2006 on November 6-24, 2006, in Ankara, Turkey. See, notice in the Federal Register, March 29, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 60, at Page 15798. Location: __.

12:00 NOON. The Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA) will host a lunch. The speaker will be FCC Commissioner Deborah Tate. See, registration form [PDF]. Prices vary. The deadline to register is 12:00 NOON on June 23. Location: Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th and K Streets, NW.

2:00 PM. The Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC) may hold a hearing on judicial nominations. The agenda includes Kimberly Moore, who has been nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals (FedCir), and Bobby Shepherd, who has been nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals (8thCir). See also, story titled "Bush Nominates Kimberly Moore for Federal Circuit" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,374, May 19, 2006. The SJC frequently cancels or postpones hearings without notice. Press contact: Courtney Boone, Location: Room 226, Dirksen Building.

2:00 PM. The House Commerce Committee's (HCC) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold the fecond of two hearings titled "Making the Internet Safe for Kids: The Role of ISP’s and Social Networking Sites". The witnesses will be Frank Dannahey (Rocky Hill Police Department, Connecticut), Chris Kelly (Facebook.com, Inc.), Michael Angus (Fox Interactive Media's MySpace.com), John Hiler (Xanga.com, Inc.), Pamela Harbour (Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission), and Diego Ruiz (Federal Communication Commission). See, notice. The hearing will be webcast by the HCC. Press contact: Larry Neal (Barton) at 202-225-5735 or Terry Lane (Barton) at 202-225-5735. Location: Room 2322, Rayburn Building.

6:00 - 8:00 PM. The Federal Communications Bar Association's (FCBA) Young Lawyers and Diversity Committees will host an event titled "Happy Hour". For more information, contact Jeff Tignor at jhtig at aol dot com or Natalie Roisman at natalie dot roisman at fcc dot gov. Location: Poste -- Modern Brasserie, 555 8th Street, NW.

Day two of a four day conference hosted by the Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI). See, conference web site. At 10:45 AM there will be a panel discussion titled "Regulation, Public Policy & Spectrum Rights Acquisition: Surveying Options For New North American Spectrum Acquisition & Valuation". At 1:30 PM, there will be a panel discussion titled "Regulation, Public Policy & Spectrum Rights Acquisition: Looming Issues For U.S. BWA Carriers". At 2:45 PM, there will be a panel discussion titled "Regulation, Public Policy & Spectrum Rights Acquisition: Meet The FCC Legal Advisors". Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel.

The House will meet at at 10:00 AM for legislative business. See, Republican Whip Notice.

10:00 AM. The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing titled "The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement". Location: Room 215, Dirksen Building.

DELAYED TO AUGUST 9. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will commence Auction 66. This is the auction of Advance Wireless Services (AWS) licenses in the 1710-1755 MHz and 2110-2155 MHz (AWS-1) bands.

Day three of a four day conference hosted by the Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI). See, conference web site. At 9:45 AM, there will be a panel discussion titled "Regulation, Public Policy & Spectrum Rights Acquisition: Is Your Spectrum At Risk? Preparing For The World Radio Conference 2007". At 1:30 PM, there will be a panel discussion titled "U.S. Telecom Act Reform: Prospects & Wireless Implications?". At 2:45 PM, there will be a panel discussion titled "Regulation, Public Policy & Spectrum Rights Acquisition: Small Carrier Tutorial On Meeting FCC 911 & CALEA Obligations". Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel.

The House may meet at at 9:00 AM for legislative business. See, Republican Whip Notice.

10:00 AM. The U.S. District Court (DC) will hold a status conference in Cisco Systems v. Teles AG, D.C. No. 1:2005-cv-02048-RBW, a case involving U.S. Patent No. 6,954,453, titled "Method for transmitting data in a telecommunications network and switch for implementing said method". Judge Walton will preside. Location: Courtroom 5, 333 Constitution Ave., NW.

Day four of a four day conference hosted by the Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI). See, conference web site. Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel.

Deadline to submit comments to the Antitrust Modernization Commission (AMC) regarding criminal remedies. See, notice in the Federal Register, Federal Register, May 31, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 104, at Pages 30863-30864.

EXTENDED TO JULY 31. Deadline to submit comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in response to its notice in the Federal Register regarding revisions to guidelines used by USPTO personnel in their review of patent applications to determine whether the claims in a patent application are directed to patent eligible subject matter. The USPTO seeks comments on, among other topics, "claims that perform data transformation" and "claims directed to a signal per se". With respect to the later, the USPTO asks "If claims directed to a signal per se are determined to be statutory subject matter, what is the potential impact on internet service providers, satellites, wireless fidelity (WiFi [reg]), and other carriers of signals?" See, Federal Register, December 20, 2005, Vol. 70, No. 243, at Pages 75451 - 75452. See also, story titled "USPTO Seeks Comments on Subject Matter Eligible for Patents" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,278, December 22, 2005. See, notice in the Federal Register (June 14, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 114, at Pages 34307-34308) extending deadline, and story titled "USPTO Seeks Further Comments on Patentable Subject Matter" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,391, June 14, 2006.

Deadline to submit reply comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding licensing and use of frequencies in the 904-909.75 and 919.75-928 MHz portions of the 902-928 MHz band that are used for the provision of Multilateration Location and Monitoring Service (M-LMS band). This NPRM is FCC 06-24 in WT Docket No. 06-49. See, text [24 pages in PDF] of NPRM; notice in the Federal Register, March 29, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 60, at Pages 15658-15666; and story titled "FCC Releases NPRM on M-LMS Systems" in TLJ Daily E-Mail Alert No. 1,325, March 8, 2006.

Effective data of the Library of Congress's Copyright Office's fee increases. See, notice in the Federal Register, March 28, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 59, at Pages 15368-15371.

The House will not meet on Monday, July 3, through Friday, July 7. See, Majority Whip's calendar.

The Senate will not meet on Monday, July 3, through Friday, July 7. See, 2006 Senate calendar.

Deadline to submit initial comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to its further notice of proposed rulemaking (FNPRM) regarding telecommunications relay services (TRS) and speech to speech services for individuals with hearing and speech disabilities, and misuse of internet protocol relay service and video relay service. This item is FCC 06-58 in CG Docket No. 03-123. See, notice in the Federal Register, June 1, 2006, Vol. 71, No. 105, at Pages 31131-31137.

Independence Day.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other federal offices will be closed. See, Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) list of federal holidays.

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