The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband is a subcommittee within the
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. It was renamed from the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet at the start of the
117th Congress. Prior to the
111th Congress, it was known as the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation.
Jurisdiction
The Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband has jurisdiction over all sectors of communications, including: wired and wireless telephony; the Internet; commercial and noncommercial television; cable; satellite broadcast; satellite communications; wireline and wireless broadband; radio; spectrum and consumer electronic equipment associated with such services, and public safety communications.[1]