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 PUBLIC LAW 100-594—NOV. 3, 1988

102 STAT. 3023

under subsection (a) of this section on the date of enactment of this Act. TARIFF REVIEW

SEC. 8. (a) Section 5(c)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 155(c)(1)) is amended, in the first sentence, by inserting immediately after "this subsection" the following: "and except any action referred to in sections 204(a)(2), 208(b), and 405(b)". (b) Section 204(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 204(a)) is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" immediately before "Whenever"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Commission shall, with respect to any hearing under this section, issue an order concluding such hearing within 12 months after the date that the charge, classification, regulation, or practice subject to the hearing becomes effective, or within 15 months after such date if the hearing raises questions of fact of such extraordinary complexity that the questions cannot be resolved within 12 months. "(B) The Commission shall, with respect to any such hearing initiated prior to the date of enactment of this paragraph, issue an order concluding the hearing not later than 12 months after such date of enactment. "(C) Any order concluding a hearing under this section shall be a final order and may be appealed under section 402(a).". (c) Section 208 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 208) is amended— (1) by redesignating the existing text as subsection (a); and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Commission shall, with respect to any investigation under this section of the lawfulness of a charge, classification, regulation, or practice, issue an order concluding such investigation within 12 months after the date on which the complaint was filed, or within 15 months after such date if the investigation raises questions of fact of such extraordinary complexity that the questions cannot be resolved within 12 months. "(2) The Commission shall, with respect to any such investigation initiated prior to the date of enactment of this subsection, issue an order concluding the investigation not later than 12 months after such date of enactment. "(3) Any order concluding an investigation under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be a final order and may be appealed under section 402(a).". (d) Section 405 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 405) is amended— (1) by redesignating the existing text as subsection (a); (2) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by striking "section 5(d)(1)" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "section 5(c)(1)"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(b)(1) Within 90 days after receiving a petition for reconsideration of an order concluding a hearing under section 204(a) or concluding an investigation under section 208(b), the Commission shall issue an order granting or denying such petition. "(2) Any order issued under paragraph (1) shall be a final order and may be appealed under section 402(a).".

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