Sec. 5. GAO report on FCC regulatory fee structure
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the current regulatory fee assessments and adjustment process of the Federal Communications Commission. The Comptroller General shall include in the report submitted under subsection (a)— a determination as to whether the current regulatory fee structure correlates to the actual workload of the Federal Communications Commission; a determination as to whether the current regulatory fees are reasonably related to the benefits provided to the payor of the fees; a determination as to whether the current regulatory fee structure has a disparate impact on certain payors or technologies; and recommendations as to how the current regulatory fee structure should be adjusted.