Summary

Requires the Federal Communications Commission to meet strict deadlines when it reviews applications to transfer control of or assign communications licenses. If the FCC misses short completeness or notice deadlines, applications become "deemed complete," and the agency must decide final approval within a set period (generally 180 days), with limited exceptions; the bill also changes appeal rules but the insertion text is missing so that change is unclear.

• Creates mandatory short deadlines for the FCC to determine application completeness (15 days) and to respond to amendments (5 days).
• If the FCC misses the completeness or amendment-response deadlines, the application is automatically deemed complete the following day.
• Requires public notice within 7 days after an application is found or deemed complete.
• Imposes a statutory deadline (generally 180 days after public notice) for final FCC action on covered transfer/assignment applications, with some exceptions.
• Allows administrative or judicial review of FCC completeness findings and provides a remedy that can retroactively deem applications complete if the FCC acted unreasonably.
• Amends the appeal provision for denied transfer/assignment applicants, but the bill text for that insertion is missing so the precise change is unclear.
• Shifts procedural leverage toward applicants by creating automatic remedies when the agency misses short processing deadlines.
• Tightens internal timing responsibilities for FCC staff, bureaus, and offices and could increase litigation over missed deadlines and scope of review.