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Will Wiquist, 202-418-0509
will.wiquist@fcc.gov 
For Immediate Release
FCC ANNOUNCES TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR JUNE OPEN MEETING
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WASHINGTON, June 3, 2016 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler 
announced that the following items are tentatively on the agenda for the June Open Commission 
Meeting scheduled for Friday, June 24, 2016:
Reforming Executive Branch Review Process of Certain FCC Applications and Petitions 
Involving Foreign Ownership: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking that seeks comments on changes to streamline and increase the transparency of the 
Executive Branch review of applications and petitions for national security, law enforcement, 
foreign policy and trade policy concerns. (IB Docket No. 16-155)
Adding Hurricane-Related Event Codes to the Emergency Alert System: The Commission 
will consider a Report and Order that would revise the Emergency Alert System rules by adding 
new event codes covering extreme high winds and storm surges caused by Category 3 (and 
greater) hurricanes. (PS Docket No. 15-94)
Improving Outage Reporting for Submarine Cables: The Commission will consider a Report 
and Order to require submarine cable licensees to report communications network outages to the 
FCC. (GN Docket No. 15-206)
The Open Meeting is scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305 of the Federal 
Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
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This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order 
constitutes official action.  See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974).