WASHINGTON-The top U.S. business lobbying group today said it will advocate for better governance of the nation’s airwaves and for modern telecom laws.
In its 2006 State of American Business, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce vowed to press policy makers to “develop a comprehensive, unified national spectrum management strategy to reduce the artificial scarcity of spectrum and to increase the flexibility in allocating spectrum.”
President Bush’s spectrum-reform initiative has been mired in delays and confusion, prompting questions about the White House’s commitment to the program.
The chamber did not specify what direction it wanted Congress to take regarding legislation to update the 1996 telecom act.
In prepared remarks, Tom Donahue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said the organization’s global program to stop intellectual property theft, counterfeiting and piracy will be expanded here and overseas “by disrupting the counterfeiters’ supply chain at home and abroad, and through on-the-ground campaigns in China and other countries where the problem is most severe.”
